Day 519

Now that my Wee Daftie is an actual, legit toddler and vaguely capable of…some things…I really want to try and keep her involved in household activities. One of my nephews went through a gorgeous phase of wanting to help sweeping when he was little so I’ve been curious to see what she might like to do.

Emptying cupboards.

I’m not necessarily saying it’s unhelpful but it’s not the first thing I would have hoped she would do as a cute “chore”. She is very neat with it though. She’ll start with the tubs of cocoa, cacoa and baking powder. Then progress to the bottles of oil, balsamic and fish sauce. Finally, out come the tins of beans.

Thanks to a troublesome Nana and Auntie Numbnuts, she learned how to stack said items. It’s like watching the most nerve wracking game of Jenga.

Looks so innocent, doesn’t she? But I promise you, that Nana is usually up to some mischief.

My favourite thing was when I discovered that if you ask her to put them “back” she will. Or, when she gets bored of lining them up, she will just start putting them back herself. Which IS useful.

The best thing about this is that she really does think she being useful when she empties the cupboard or clothes basket, when she hides onions into the cereal boxes in the corner cupboard. This became apparent the other night, on our way to bed, she spotted one of her toys in the hall. Her determined wee self bent over, picked up the toy shouted, “Back!” and started walking to the living room. Seeing as she was being so helpful I decided to facilitate her by opening the living room door. The second I did, she gleefully yelled, “Back!” while throwing the blocks full force through the open door before walking back to her room, full of pride and achievement.

So close.

Check out the latest board game Precariously Stacked Cup. Thanks Nana and Auntie Numbnuts.