climbing on chairs!

I posted this on facebook already, but Carsten is now climbing onto our dining room chairs. He's really quite thrilled and usually sits for a minute to enjoy the new view of the room before climbing off again. Carsten is quite proficient at getting on and off our furniture now, and the only rule that we haven't quite mastered is sitting at all times on the furniture. We're at the point when he knows that he is not allowed on the furniture, but when he's feeling punkish (happens several times a day now) he stands up and intentionally gets my attention by making noise. So, now timeouts happen for him if he doesn't sit down at my first request. For the record, he usually does sit down, and ironically, he responds better to a quiet tone of voice rather than an elevated tone of voice. An elevated tone of voice just seems to make him more excited and punkish, so quiet voices it is :). Here's a photo of Carsten on the chair: