Amazed

Yesterday Bud found an empty hanger on his floor and did the first thing he does with anything he is holding; put it in his mouth. I glanced over at what he was doing, didn't want encourage him chewing on a hanger, and airly stated:

'We need to take that hanger and put it in the trashcan.' Thinking I would remove the hanger from his little hand and take it with us when we went downstairs to put in the big kitchen trashcan.

No sooner had the words escaped my lips did Buddance amble around the rocking chair, position himself between it and the bookshelf, and reach behind the bookshelf for the trashcan (I have to hide the trashcan between the rocking chair and the bookshelf or else I would be forever repeating 'Don't play in the trashcan.') with the hanger in his hand.

My jaw dropped.

I had a hard time believing that he actually knew what he was doing, but all signs pointed to the fact that he did indeed know exactly what he was doing.

What a helpful child. Training for properly stacking plates fresh from the dishwasher starts today.