Cooking Collin

Collin update... The little big man has taken his first steps and is enjoying his expanding world. There is no low drawer in the kitchen that he has not emptied, no cupboard he has left un-searched, no mysterious object he has left untasted... His favorite place in the whole world right now is the dishwasher. We call it his "Cave of Wonders." Whenever the door is down it is just about all we can do to keep him from crawling inside and playing with all of the treasures found within.

This evening, we heard noises in the kitchen and were surprised to find that Collin had pulled open the warming drawer on the oven and, upon finding it empty, had climbed right in! (Note to self... tape warming drawer closed until further notice...) Collin has been exploring the stairs, the cat, any open toilet, the space underneath furniture, the cat's food dish, Mom's Cub Scout bag, the piano books,... the list goes on. It has been fun watching him scoot around. He investigates EVERYTHING with enthusiasm. We are, at this point, VERY grateful that he has not yet learned to climb. We vividly remember when Nathan, not yet two, pulled the kitchen drawers out just enough to get a toehold and climb up to the kitchen counter. From this vantage point he was able to just reach the top of the refrigerator (where Rachel had moved the cookie jar) in an attempt to secure a clandestine snack. He would have pulled it off too if he had not nudged the cookie jar off the edge of the fridge. Ah.... boys...