Kickin' around the house

Sammie and I have been hanging around the house a lot this week, mainly because it's been quite rainy. Sam's been finding new things to get into, new ways to entertain herself. I'm constantly on my feet, chasing her away from the stairs, pulling books out of her mouth, or just walking her around the room while she holds my fingers.

Here she is in her laundry basket. She had pulled out half the clean clothes and thrown them on the floor with the dirty clothes within a matter of seconds, silly girl. She's also learning to open cupboard doors, which is a whole new set of messes for this mamma to clean up. She found a pair of pink pants in her toy basket one day (how did those get there??). My friend Jenny helped her put them on her head, and she wore them around like a cool hat for a little while, until they fell in her eyes and she got frustrated.
"A tight spot." Sammie insisted on crawling alongside the edge of the couch the other day, even though I warned her she would not easily get out after crawling in. I guess she didn't believe me... went head first and then squealed in frustration when she couldn't back out.
Her very favorite place to be is inside her toy basket. She's climbed inside almost every day this week, just to get up close and personal with her toys. She hasn't quite figured how to get out of it yet, so I have to keep helping her out when she wants to.