Time Gain

I feel like we have gained about an hour a day, at least on the weekends. Little C has begun helping clear the table after meals. She thinks it's a very fun game. We hand her something and ask her to take it to the sink, garbage, recycling or even the bathroom. And off she goes putting everything in the right place. Then she comes running back for more. This allows big C and I to sit around and talk and visit a little after each meal. This weekend we've even been working on a crossword together. She only put things in the wrong place once, after lunch today our plates, and forks got thrown away, but other than that she is spot on. She has even corrected me, I've asked her to put a few thinks that are recyclable into the garbage and she looks at me funny and put them in the recycling.

Little C has always liked to help, yesterday she went out to "help" big C shovel. Actually she doesn't have a shovel yet, but she did enjoy the snow.

We've set up a tent in the living room for little C, and she's turning it into a nice cozy nest for her self. She even plays by herself in there for a while now.

Our Little Helper

Helping Daddy cook breakfast

Cheese and crackers little C assembled for us, note the decorations. She must of been very hungry because she "claimed" the snacks early on and ate them.

Little C made me these, no bite marks this time :)

Helping fix the washer, she's a natural. Little C came running and jumped right in to help. She must have an ingrained sense for these things. Here she is holding the flashlight just where it was needed.

Now it's Daddy's turn, and little C was there to help too. She is so curious about how things work.

Purple and Potties

Yesterday little C said purple, she has also tried to say elbow and keeps trying to say elephant. It's really fun to watch what she will choose to try to say. She's been playing "please" for about a week, out loud now on top of signing it. It comes out more like "mease" But she is so darn cute doing it.

We've managed to go a whole day dry, little C used the potty all day, even going on her own without coaching. She can take her training pants off by herself and put the back on, not that she wants too. The day after her all dry day we were mostly dry, we had two wet trainers, one because she sat on the potty with the trainers still on, and the second time she wet while playing but she told me about it.

When ever she does go on the potty she picks it up and carries it to the toilet and dumps it in, she's only spilled once and that's because she tripped.

Dry days are still easier if we are bare bottom, which is harder since little C is in daycare during the week, but we do pretty good in the mornings and on weekends at home.