"Helpful" Eddie

Lately, Eddie has been very helpful. Of course, the problems he helps with are generally of his own creation!

For instance, he knows that we don't like him to eat torn-up paper, so if he finds some he'll offer it to us. Hmm. I wonder how that paper got torn up?

Yesterday, he was drinking milk out of his sippy cup, and when he spilled some I would wipe it up with a paper towel. Then he spilled some while I was doing something else, and grabbed the paper towel to wipe up the spill himself. What a good boy! He wasn't doing a very good job, because he was just swiping the paper back and forth without pressing it down. I showed him how to press on it, and then he did a better job. He even spilled some more milk so that he could help some more.

This morning, Eddie was under the table making mischief, and I noticed that his feet were bare. "What happened to your socks?" I asked. He grabbed his toes and looked surprised. I asked again, "What happened to your socks?" Then he leapt into action, crawling out into the living room at top speed (sometimes, when he gets a bee in his bonnet, he'll "fast-forward" and crawl much faster than usual.) He went right to his socks next to the couch (where he had presumably left them) and held them up for me. I didn't know he knew that word!

Favorite book today: Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?