21 months – drinking milk never been so fun

Daddie was looking at Aiden’s pics from Mommie’s phone.

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Aiden wanted to join in on the phone.

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He loves looking at his old pics….and copying his young self.

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As if to say, I can still do it and look just as cute!

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This week Aiden is not as opposed to brushing his teeth.

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But improvement in one area…….problems in another.

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He just doesn’t want to listen.

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He wants to be a big boy.

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So I tried to find ways where he can feel like a big boy.

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Help with cooking rice was what I felt was safe enough for Aiden to do.

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Although he doesn’t like the small motions, and then he dropped probably a good 10-15 pieces of rice.

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So then I take it away from him and assure him we’re not done.

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I do the last few touches and call him over to help some more.

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I open the lid to the rice cooker, and then we both hold the pot with rice and put it in the cooker.

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Aiden aggressively closes the lid and pushes the button to cook the rice.

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Something that takes less than 5 minutes took a lot more time.

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But it was worth it.

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I told him if there was anything else he could help with that I would call him over.

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Then he was willing to go play and let me do my thing in the kitchen.

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My little boy just loves to help….most of the time.

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He even helps out at school.

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Daddie saw him grab the bottle from a teacher in the school’s kitchen and take it to another teacher who was holding a baby.

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Apparently, sometimes he will even help hold the bottle for the babies.

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Aiden is learning quickly at school.

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He can count a little bit in English now.

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It’s funny as I have been teaching him to count in Cantonese for the longest time but he can count more numbers in English.

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He will even copy words I say back to him a lot better than in the past.

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When I counted to him in mandarin, I would say one then he would repeat…and so on.

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Will he remember though, who knows!

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But it doesn’t hurt, since his brain is like a sponge right now.

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I never thought that someone Aiden’s age could have chores already.

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But he does!  After dinner he pushes in the chairs.

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He likes to help put things in the sink too when we are too slow in doing it.

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He does other things too, like bring me stuff because I forgot to put it away or throw it away.

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He knows that everything has its place.

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No wonder they say kids are smarter these days than when we were kids.

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It’s because they are taught at such an early age.

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Hopefully the logics and stuff that we have he will absorb as well.

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I’ve also been involving him with the laundry, like helping me put the clothes in the washer and taking the dried clothes out of the dryer.

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So far he enjoys it very much being a helper.

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But he doesn’t realize when he’s not ready for something.

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At least he doesn’t want to.  He’s so stubborn, especially when he’s already decided how something should be.

 

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