Maggie loves to empty the 'disher' (dishwasher). Today before her nap, I got her milk cup out of the dishwasher and she immediately wanted to empty the 'disher.' I had to promise her I wouldn't empty it without her, that we'd take care of it together when she woke up. I was bargaining to get my two year old not to do chores.
Post-nap Maggie took to the 'disher' without me. When she didn't know where things belonged, she'd bring them to me and ask. Of course, some things she decided for herself where they went - I just found the garlic press on top of the clean laundry.
I love this part of the two-year old stage. When they want to organize, put things away and learn how to do things independently. So many things to figure out and connections to make. Maggie likes to talk about all the things she's discovering.
She also loves to help with laundry - she wants to move the laundry from the washer to the dryer. (She can't actually do this but likes to take the wet clothes out of my hands and put them into the dryer, I get in trouble if I do too many of them myself) She wants to close the dryer door and start the cycle (our new dryer has buttons on the front).
She also loves to instruct me on how to do things and I'm not allowed to deviate from doing things the way I've taught her. She loves to follow a verbal to-do list - I tell her the things we need to do and she repeats it back to me and she's on board to do that list of things in that order. She doesn't like to add more items though, that's an outrage. We're working on building her patience.
Two. It really might be the best age there is.
