Acquired: One Shredder

Who needs Office Depot when you have a 7 month old? Who is fascinated by all things paper and rippy. I discovered recently that I can get a good ten minutes of peace by giving her a magazine or catalog or piece of junk mail to destroy; in a pinch, a paper towel or extra paper will also work. Not to mention the fact that as of Friday, she can now sit independently, seemingly out of the clear blue. See, for the longest time her MO has been to standstandstand, and every time I tried to get her to sit, she'd struggle against me and yank herself up. Well, on Friday I masochistically tried it again, and lo...she sitteth. None of this tripod/puppy dog sit using hands in front of her either, I might add. Nope, upright and twisting to find the dog and toys and sister and rippy paper, and it takes a while before the slow topple begins. Clearly this opens up a whole new perspective, and frees up two hands for shredding the hell out of junk mail.