Caught with her hand in the Cookie...Bag!

Loading time can be stressful around here sometimes.  Even when I just have to load the little three, it can get chaotic.  Nathan was strapped in, Addison was strapped, in and I look around and no Kate?!  Well, she has done this many times before so this time I was not panicking when I couldn't find her.  (A few weeks ago after a ten minute search, I found her in our closet with the door closed behind Ben's shirts!)  I looked in the usual places, calling her name.  She must have heard me...  Well, she didn't want to be found because this is what I saw a few minutes later

As soon as I turned the corner, she started SCREAMING when she saw me because she knew I would take her down.  She cried long enough I got two good shots of this.

Now, this little girl is smart enough (and strong enough!) to push a tub of food storage flour from under the kitchen island over to this corner.  She must have seen the bag of goldfish and it sparked her interest.  To her surprise, there was a bag of cookies right behind the goldfish.  She was in heaven.

Mean mommy took her down and put her in the car, screaming the entire way.  I was actually pretty impressed with her problem solving skills!