Thursday, March 27, 2008

Helping With The Dishes

Scott isn't quite walking yet, but learning to pull himself up on the furniture has certainly increased his reach. He knows how to open the closets and how to pull out the drawers, so we've had to lock things down a little more. For example, I had to screw the furnace vents to the kitchen floor because he kept pulling them out all the time. His new abilities come at a price: several times a day he pulls himself up on a table leg or a doorframe and loses his balance, crashing headlong into said table leg or doorframe. This week he's had matching bruises on either cheek from such encounters.

I'm pretty sure he believes that the dishwasher belongs to him, because it is down at his level. Whenever we open the door, he scoots over there as fast as he can.
He is very enthusiastic about the dishwasher and hates it when we pull him away from the utensil tray and the sharp knives. We don't mind it when he helps to unload the clean dishes, but we'd prefer that he keep his hands off any of the dirty ones.

Of course, we'd also like him to steer clear of the toilet completely, but we don't always remember to keep the door closed or the lid all the way down.

5 comments:

sindy said...

olha so que menino travesso , mais é muito lindo parabnes aos pais abraços

Anonymous said...

I think you're right about kids thinking they own whatever is at their level. David gets giddy when he hears the dishwasher open; he also loves to chuck things into the dryer when it's open; and he views the toilet his own personal water park. Nasty.

Anonymous said...

Oh, the fun is just beginning. But I am sure the reason little kids are so cute is so you can stand the crazy things they do when they are toddlers. They get into so many things, but look so cute doing it that you can hardly be upset with them (almost). Such a delighted little cutey !

Eric Jakob said...

People always say that every stage is great. I never fully understood until I saw this post. I remember how cute that stage was but I'm really loving it now too.

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