Little Miss Helpful
Have you ever read the "Little Miss" series of books: Little Miss Chatterbox, Little Miss Nosy, Little Miss Fun, etc.? Lola is Little Miss Helpful.
She often brings family members their shoes (usually just one shoe) and helpfully drops it in the person's lap. When the person tosses the shoe back in its appropriate location (because it was not needed in the first place), Lola rushes to retrieve it and drops the shoe back in the same spot. This is cute -- Lola playing fetch like a dog -- and has only minor repercussions.
However, Lola also does this process with her own shoes, which clearly means "put my shoes on me, because I want to go somewhere!" When we toss the shoes back to the door, she retrieves them and then puts her shoes in unknown places! The following morning sees the Whompton clan scanning all possible places a shoe may go: under the couch, in the kitchen cabinets, in the pots, and, of course, in the traditional "out in the open" spaces too.
She puts her clothes away. Or, more accurately, she takes her socks out of her sock drawer in her bedroom, walks through the house, opens up the bathroom lower cabinet, pulls out the stack of toilet paper, shoves her sock in the toilet paper roll, closes the cabinet, and walks away. When we notice the sock and put it in its rightful space, she follows right behind to repeat the process again.
When she's done with her meal, she will offer up the extra items from her tray. If you don't take it from her in time, she throws it all on the floor. She stores her favorite books in the brownie pans under the oven. She tries to unlock the front and garage doors so we can leave. When a door is open, she charges right out and stands next to the car. She brings boxes of food to adults when she's hungry and she puts her milk glass back in the fridge; she also grabs her jacket, brings it to an adult, and offers up her arms to put it on. (Admittedly, these actions are very helpful.)
It's just amusing to watch the way she organizes her life and how she tries to be a "big girl" in the family.
She often brings family members their shoes (usually just one shoe) and helpfully drops it in the person's lap. When the person tosses the shoe back in its appropriate location (because it was not needed in the first place), Lola rushes to retrieve it and drops the shoe back in the same spot. This is cute -- Lola playing fetch like a dog -- and has only minor repercussions.
However, Lola also does this process with her own shoes, which clearly means "put my shoes on me, because I want to go somewhere!" When we toss the shoes back to the door, she retrieves them and then puts her shoes in unknown places! The following morning sees the Whompton clan scanning all possible places a shoe may go: under the couch, in the kitchen cabinets, in the pots, and, of course, in the traditional "out in the open" spaces too.
She puts her clothes away. Or, more accurately, she takes her socks out of her sock drawer in her bedroom, walks through the house, opens up the bathroom lower cabinet, pulls out the stack of toilet paper, shoves her sock in the toilet paper roll, closes the cabinet, and walks away. When we notice the sock and put it in its rightful space, she follows right behind to repeat the process again.
When she's done with her meal, she will offer up the extra items from her tray. If you don't take it from her in time, she throws it all on the floor. She stores her favorite books in the brownie pans under the oven. She tries to unlock the front and garage doors so we can leave. When a door is open, she charges right out and stands next to the car. She brings boxes of food to adults when she's hungry and she puts her milk glass back in the fridge; she also grabs her jacket, brings it to an adult, and offers up her arms to put it on. (Admittedly, these actions are very helpful.)
It's just amusing to watch the way she organizes her life and how she tries to be a "big girl" in the family.
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