Moving up in the world

Just after Christmas, be bought Eli a little wooden stool. Now the reason that we bought the stool was so that Eli could reach he sink to wash his hands and brush his teeth. It has instead become an extension of his arms. Eli carries that stool all around the house getting into all sorts of previously unreachable places. Often I will be doing something (like making dinner) and I will hear a thunk beside me, then Eli’s head pops into view and he says, “Mommy doing?” I can’t wait until he figures out that he can use the stool to climb to even higher places, like the bookshelves in the living room.