Everything under the kitchen sink

Helena's taken to sitting inside the kitchen cupboard, under the sink (you know, where most people keep their garbage). I think she must see it as practice for chair-sitting, and for general chair negotiation. The cupboard bottom is just the right height off the floor that her feet can be planted on the floor with her knees bent at a right angle. She's experimenting with whether it's possible to move from a seated position directly to standing. Good luck, baby.

A new negative development, Helena is now of a size where she can comfortably open the self-contained garbage can. She just "threw away" her milk bottle, because she can. At least she's not yet removing the garbage to organize it elsewhere. Yet...