August 11, 2006

Chores for Babies

Angie has one chore: she puts her dirty diaper in the garbage can after she's been changed.

She nearly runs to the kitchen with dirty diaper in hand, often beating me to the safety gate. She waits impatiently as I unlatch the gate, rushes to the garbage can, carefully lifts the lid and peers inside. Then, she drops the diaper in, two-handed, and watches it fall to the bottom of the can. With a gentle reminder to close the lid, she's done and back out to the living room to play.

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