Hansel?

So Sam is big into this phase of exploring everything he can, testing his physical abilities and seeing how things work. Generally, this is fine and he does a great job hanging out exploring by himself. He sits on his little car and pushes around, he distributes our shoes around the house, he practices sitting on his little Sam-size chair, he pulls his books off the shelf and flips through them, he pulls pillows off the couch and lies on them, or he pulls out his toys and plays with them. I keep an eye on him and if he's not tired or hungry or in need of lots of attention, I can get some work done at the same time. I'm aware of where he is and what he's doing, but occasionally he throws a little surprise in. Like just now when he followed me into the kitchen and started playing with the warming drawer under the oven as he often does (we always have to check for toys before we turn it on, and keep Sam away). I turned my back for a moment and when I look back over, Sam has climbed into the warming drawer and is happily sitting there playing with his toys. So now we're going through the teaching phase of explaining he can put his toys in there, but not himself (I doubt it's designed to hold much more than his weight!). Gotta love the little explorer though...so creative. :)
-Christine