The BEST mommy's helper

Caution, Warning, the following entry is all about how I have the BEST 3yr old in the world.  Proceede at your own risk.

Now, she is a very normal 3yr old, likes to dress up, play with her sister, feed and walk the dog, take out the trash, and help herself to lotion, the fridge and other things she should not be getting into.  She also has days that whine is the main dish she is serving --despite my best attempts to explain that while pregnant mommy is not suppose to be exposed to wine. ;)  Yesterday, she had an extraordinary day.

While Laurelei naps in the afternoon, that is the longest part of the day for CJ.  She anxiously waits for her to wake up and play.  Yesterday, as I headed into the computer room to check Eric's schedule, crossing my fingers it would be up early, I heard Laurelei letting us know she was awake.  CJ bounded up the stairs to greet her, and typically they sing songs, dance and entertain each other until I get there.  I hear CJ yell down,
"There's poop on the floor"
Great, one of those things listed in the mommy discription but at the bottom of fun things to do as a mommy.  Laurelei has recently discovered her poop, and we have had a couple of good messes.
"I'll be there in a moment, leave it alone" I yelled back.
Not excited to be cleaning poop, I finished checking his schedule and debated on which carpet cleaner might be needed.  I head upstairs and think, should I take the camera?  Dreading the mess I will find.  But I was distracted by the sound of running water.  A sinking feeling fell over me that I now had a bigger mess to clean. I turn up the stairs in time to see CJ heading to the room with a dripping wet wash cloth.
I walked in.  No offensive, overpowering smell invaded my nose, strange.  I look at Laurelei, her arms are covered with....?
I ask, " what is on her arms?"
"Foam soap, I was washing her up, the wash cloth is to clean it off."
Awww
CJ continued, "and here I scrubbed it off the crib."
And sure enough there was some soap on the crib....I looked around, "um, where is the poop?"
"In the toilet" CJ answered very matter factedly.
As I wiped up the soap, a very pleasant task to be dealt, vs. scrubbing fecal matter, I found out she used a wash cloth to move the poop to the toilet, and the orange bath foam soap was gone, which she threw the canister away.
I was stunned.  I was proud.  She really is a good little mommy helper and possibly the best 3yr old around.

On Sunday we picked up a list for a first grade little girl to purchase school supplies for.  CJ was very excited to go shopping for her and loved picking out the supplies.  Here she is packing the back pack that she picked out with the list of items.  She also tried to sneak candy, and toys along with anything else she thought the little girl might like.  Her altruistic inner beauty is something that I love watching in action.

I had a couple of pictures to share, but blogger isn't uploading them...maybe later.