So Naughty

Ever since this baby learned to walk, we have been in a battle over the kitchen! We finally put up gates when he kept breaking my dishes and taking off out the kitchen door, running down the street as fast as he could. But he keeps finding inventive ways to take the kitchen back! He carries boxes or toys over to the gate and climbs over, he grabs the gate and yanks on it like mad till it falls over, and now, he climbs onto the barstools and climbs over the counters and into the kitchen. This kitchen will never really be mine! Every time he realizes that I've caught him, he quickly lays down, as if he's trying to convince me he's not really climbing over the counter, but actually just taking a little rest...