Superman to the rescue

I've been around a lot of kids in my life. My mom used to have a daycare, most of my cousins are older than I am, so they had kids way before me, and my little sister had kids before me. So when Matthew came along there really wasn't anything that I thought would surprise me.
Notice I said - "thought."
Matthew is absolutely the most energetic little boy I've ever seen. He goes non-stop from sun-up to sundown. He runs and plays. He has an imagination that would make Leonardo stand in astonishment, and through it all, he has no concept of fear.
This became quite evident when he started crawling. Or, let me rephrase that - when he started climbing. See, Matthew began crawling very early in life. About 6 months, he was crawling all over the house. With that crawling came climbing. Apparently, ground level was not where he wanted to be. He wanted to sit up on the couch or in the recliner with me, his mom, or whomever else might be seated. Then, he would decide that wasn't "exciting" enough, so he decided he'd get down.
No, he didn't whine, cry, or even point down. Nope, he got down all on his own. How, might you ask, did he get down. He didn't climb. No, he went couch diving.
That's right. He just pushed himself off and fell to the floor.
Of course, this made me and his mom very nervous.
"Oh my God! What if he gets a bruise or breaks an arm? They'll call DHR on us for child abuse!"
Yep, those conversations happened a lot. Matthew did a lot of couch diving, porch diving (once he started walking - well, running), and yes, even a little bit of truck diving.
Fortunately, no broken bones or really bad bruises. In fact, he usually landed on his feet or one of us. We had the bruises (and sometimes, pain in really painful places). He was fine. Not scared at all.
Now, at 3-years-old, he's still not scared. He wants to climb up ladders with me, he's already wanting to climb trees, and yes, he's still couch diving - and bed diving - and well, whatever else he can jump off of. After all, he is Superman, and he's off to the rescue! Blanket cape and all.