Mommy's little helper

 Looking under the couch for a missing puzzle piece

 Claire loves puzzles and we usually do at least 10-15 puzzles per day!

 I started to wash dishes today when I heard the all too common phrase "Mommy I want to help". I pulled up a chair, washed all the glass dishes, and then let Claire take over. She became so engaged in making sure all of the dishes were clean.

 After washing all of the dishes, Claire made sure to let me know that she wanted to dry them also, and of course she wanted to dry them by herself. I was not sure she would do much with wiping them, but to my surprise she dried each dish almost completely.

 Claire then started to stack the dishes in a very similar way that Mommy does. Wonder where she learned that?!

Claire concentrated so hard on each dish as she washed and then dried them. She was determined to do a good job and she succeeded! Who knew I had such a great helper by my side all along. If only her desire to help with household chores lasted forever!