Big helper

Luke is learning to be a good helper.  Of course his helping is limited to what he can do while crawling…but he manages to do quite a lot. Sometimes his “help” is more an inconvenience for mommy.  For example; Luke will help take all the clean laundry out of the basket, or take folded laundry and put it in  the basket (thereby unfolding it).  He will put clean diapers in the diaper pail with all the dirty diapers.  He will help clean the bathroom floor by dumping water on it while he is getting a bath.  He will get a hold of the remote and do something to the TV that takes a good hour to figure out and fix.  These are just a few of the wonderful “helpful” and yet not so helpful things Luke does around the house.

Other times he really does try to help in a good way.  Luke will often take a towel and make a wiping motion, which I believe is his way of helping clean surfaces.   He will do this on the refrigerator or oven door.  Sometimes he “cleans” the floor.  Just two nights ago he spilt daddy’s water on the recliner and when I was cleaning it up he got a towel and tried to help clean it up as well.

He also helps by giving his sister her juice or milk when she drops it on the floor and is still in her high chair.  He even helps clean up his toys at the end of the day by putting them all in his wagon or the toy basket.

One of the funniest ways he helped lately happened just this past week.  Our baby girl dropped her milk on the floor and by this time Luke was already done eating so he was crawling around the kitchen.  Instead of picking up his sister’s milk and handing it back to her, like he normally does, Luke took the milk and crawled across the room.  Where was he going?  The refrigerator of course!  Luke actually opened the fridge, took up his sister’s milk, and put it in the bottom shelf on the door.  It was like he knew that sister didn’t want any more right now and he was helping to save it for later.  It was pretty cute!