Dog, The Stepstool - Day 52

Today's theme was "something out of place or random" and well, I guess the mousepad laying on the dog counts.  And my son perched on the dog's back counts.  Ethan loves to listen in when Chad is reading Aidan's bedtime story, but since Aidan's room is a deathtrap of small toys on low shelves Ethan generally sits out in the hallway and quietly plays.  Last night he decided to get a little closer to the action and luckily Max was there to give a leg up.  Literally.  The dog is pretty patient with Ethan and lay there until Ethan climbed back down on his own.  Good puppy!  Oh, and yes, the baby is trying to eat his way through the gate.