If you don't have a ladder, just improvise...

Yesterday I wasn't paying very much attention to Jackson while dinner was cooking (always a bad idea...). My little adventurer opened the door to Grandma's oven (which luckily was not turned on at the time) and stood on top of the open door like a step stool. When I found him, he was holding a spatula, reaching for the pan on the stove, trying to stir the chicken that was cooking. On the positive side, what a great display of ingenuity. On the negative side, if that boy makes it to age 2 in one piece, it will be a miracle.... (By the way, in case you were worried, this picture was taken today when he repeated the same feat, minus the hot pan of chicken.)