Friday, January 23, 2009

"I do it myself!"

I'm not sure when my younger sister Katie started saying that, but I remember it being one of her most frequent sayings. She also apparently said, "You're not the mom!" Quite frequently as well only I seemed to have ignored that one and not remembered it. I was a very stereotypical extremely bossy older sister. Recently Caleb started saying "self" quite often. Just now I was almost banned from the kitchen by my toddler as he took control of grating the cheese. Yes, I know he could hurt himself with the cheese grater, but he really likes to help. Only now it has turned from helping to pushing mom away and doing it "self." I also neglected to keep the egg out of his reach and he knows how to crack them on the counter and break them into the bowl. Only he doesn't know how to do it without getting the yoke everywhere. I didn't catch it quite in time and he is now running around without a shirt on but clean hands.

3 comments:

andreamichelle said...

that is very cute. Ethan is trying to be more independant also. It's cute to see them progress like that.

The Cox Family said...

Aren't you glad you have a blog to record those cute moments!!
We are going through this too. Unfortunately, Ashton also is still in this phase. Yesterday they both made themselves peanut butter sandwiches and poured cups of juice. Let's just say I mopped the floor twice that day. Just don't leave him alone with the baby. I caught Katie changing Ashy's diaper when she was that age. (She did Will's too, but at least she was four then.)

Monette and Mark said...

That's so silly. Sounds like your raising a little chef. That's great you let him help out so much.