My little helper

I have the biggest helper at home. You might be surprised to find that it is not my husband, but my sweet little man! Side note: I know I use the word ‘little’ a lot to describe him, but he is little and won’t be for long, so let me do it, ok? Anyway, Colin is the best helper – when I ask him to help, when I ask him not to help, and even when I don’t actually need any help. At times it can be a tad, what’s the word, frustrating? Especially if I am trying to do something in a hurry, but then I think back to a post I read from the Layla Grace blog – knowing that her final days were near her mom wrote a post about all of the times her little helper prolonged household chores and how much she wished that it would take her 30 minutes to unload the dishwasher again. I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer but that post has really stayed with me. I am grateful to have a healthy little helper and I don’t ever want to take it for granted, though I am sure at some point I will, I am really trying my best. Anyway, back to the cuteness…

Last night he walked into the kitchen from playing in the backyard and a couple of cabinet doors were open as well as the dishwasher door (just finished emptying/reloading). He immediately drops his cup on the floor (this he does not help with!), walks to the dishwasher, looks at me and says “close?” and then without waiting for an answer he closes the door. Then he walks around the kitchen and closes each open cabinet door and shuts the pantry door for good measure. Then I start sweeping and Colin takes the dustpan and runs it all over the entire 1st floor of the house. He is too cute! He is notorious for tossing all of his food onto the floor when he is “all done” with dinner – there is always food leftover and he wants nothing to with it once he has finished. I have a boy that likes a clean table – it’s just too bad for us that he throws/tosses pieces of food to get it this way, but we are working on that! He also loves to help load/move/unload laundry and especially likes to push the buttons on the washer/dryer and dishwasher. Oh, he is also obsessed with turning out the lights. What a responsible little man I have! I know Colin won’t be my happy helper forever or that he won’t want to snuggle in bed when he first wakes up in the morning or that he will let me smother him with hugs and kisses – so I am going to take full advantage of every day with him and enjoy it!