The other day we were sitting at the table for dinner. Kail was done and asked to be let down from the table. Jordan and I were still eating so we let him down to go watch TV. Instead, as soon as his feet hit the floor he looked over in the corner and noticed that the cats had dropped some of their food on the floor.
Kail: " OH NO, Kitty. Mess.
Mommy: Yep the kitties made a mess, don't worry I'll clean it up after dinner. Go watch TV.
Kail: Mess, mess, mess
Kail then proceeds to walk to our pantry and get the broom out. He walks back to the table and asks me to remove the dust pan from the broom, he does this by handing it to me and saying "please". Then he tried to sweep up the "mess". When he realized it wasn't working, he took the dustpan and proceeded to pick up the cat food and put it in the dustpan. He then walked ever so slowly to the garbage can and emptied the dust pan into it. He asked me to put the dustpan back on the broom, again with a "please" and then went and put it back in the pantry.
The entire time, three thoughts were going through my head. "Look at my little two year old deciding to help clean up the house instead of watch his favorite TV show." "He really is his fathers son, and can't stand things messy." And of course the final thought proving mom probably worries too much. "It is kind of odd how much he hates messes . . .. could he actually have OCD?"
In any case we could not be more proud of our little helper.
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