Little Guy 2 Takes Over the Kitchen

Great news for my Stuffie friends all over the country! I’m here to share with you my fool-proof plan for you to get delicious treats. Even if your people haven’t baked in weeks and think they’ve hidden the goods REALLY REALLY well, they’re just not as smart as us. Sorry to say so, but those are the facts. I think they underestimate us because we have fluff for brains. (Come to think of it, I guess I have plastic for brains.) But, anyway, here’s what to do:

Step 1: Find out where your favorite snacks are hidden.

Do some reconnaissance (that’s a fancy word meaning “you have to spy on them”). Maybe you casually stroll through the kitchen on your way to somewhere else. The more time in the kitchen, the better. I pretended to be very interested in helping with dishes. Hah! That’s how I found the magic cupboard.

Step 2: Figure out a way to get inside the cupboard, drawer, or fridge.

In my case, I knew I was going to need a lot of help. Brain power, climbing & flying ability, lots of muscles…

Step 3: Use your resources.

Look around. The best leaders keep their eyes open when spying so they can plan ahead. I bet there are tools that will help you get what you need. As long as you put them back, no one will ever know…

Step 4: Ask for help.

It’s the best possible thing. Others feel good when they help you and like to be needed. Everyone wins!

Step 5: Use your talents.

if you’re good a climbing, climb on! If you don’t share your abilities, we all lose- no brownies for you! Or me. Wait. Hey, that’s not fair! It’s all about the brownies for me. I mean us.

Step 6: Don’t give up! You’ll get what you need if you stick with it.

If a few friends fall down in the process, oops. No one said this would be easy! (Well, okay, I might have told them it would be easy because I wanted them to help me with this project. Like I said, “step 6”.)

Step 7: Get everyone involved.

Don’t even get me started on “The Little Red Hen.” She’s a bossy pants who excludes others. Not me! The more the merrier. Also, the more people involved, the less work anyone has to do.

Step 8: Con people into thinking work is actually fun.

I learned all about this from my friend Tom Sawyer. If you pretend something is really amazing, other people beg to do the work for you. Awesome! And look at how happy Taco is! Pretty sure I made his day.

Step 9: Whenever possible, go along for the ride.

You can call it micro-managing if you want. It’s simple: if you want perfect brownies, you need to oversee every single detail of the process. Somebody needs to supervise. And I’m the perfect little guy to do it! Besides, look how cute Yeti looks holding that spoon. My harness was comfortable & secure. WHEEE!

Step 10: Make sure you do all the steps.

If you don’t, sad to say- no brownies! Or nachos or popcorn, or tacos. You get the idea!

Step 11: Always clean up after yourself.

This is a good thing to do in life, of course. And, in this case, it’s essential! What kind of a super-secret-mission-doer are you if you leave evidence behind? In this case, you’ll have to step up and lick the bowl. And spoon. And spatula. (SO sad!) Then put the dishes back. What they don’t know won’t hurt ‘em.

Step 12: Enjoy the results! I shared with all my friends. Of course!

You might not. It’s up to you. Most important tip: IF YOU GET CAUGHT, just pretend you were making the snack for your people all along! A sweet smile and an innocent expression go a long way. Katie didn’t buy it for one minute. Guess she knows me. She DID take the brownies let me taste test them. I may have eaten most of them before she came back into the kitchen. Oops! Nobody’s perfect.