Crazy Little Lyla Belle

Lyla wants to help me cook anytime I'm in the kitchen. As a mom, I know I should encourage this and teach her as I go. It's hard though. It's quicker and cleaner for me to just do it myself. I'm trying to have patience and let her help though. One of my problems is that when she wants to help, she just automatically starts climbing on the countertops to get to where I'm working. This just won't work for several reasons. So last week I told her to go get her stool from upstairs so she could stand on it. Instead, she came back with a chair from their art table. That was fine. Good thinking! But, I didn't pay attention when she left the room again. A few minutes later, I went to the fridge to get something and when I turned around I noticed what she was standing on....TWO CHAIRS stacked on top of each other! She was balancing just fine too! That girl has the best balance. Don't worry, I didn't let her stay that way. I put her in a kitchen chair after that.