NorthernToddler has to do chores every weekday after preschool. He has a list of five or six chores that he can choose from. He has to pick two each day - and they can be whatever he wants to help with that day as long as it's on the list. (It's easy stuff; recycling, running the vacuum, putting away laundry...)
Today, Toddler wanted to help with the dishes. He can put away the silverware, his plates, and the plastic containers - all stuff that he can easily reach. This fine day, after putting away his normal dishes, he decided that he wanted to keep helping and put away some coffee mugs. NorthernDaddy told Toddler that there was no way that a little guy like him was going to be able to reach the upper cabinets to put away the mugs. Toddler had other ideas. He went and got his step-stool and put it in place. Daddy wasn't too concerned - even with the stool, the cabinet was still too high. Daddy kept on with putting other dishes away.
A few seconds later, Toddler says, "See?" Daddy turned to find Toddler standing on the counter top beaming with pride about the fact that he had proven Daddy wrong.
What did NorthernDaddy do? Instead of helping Toddler down from the counter and making sure he didn't fall, Daddy grabbed his camera in the hopes of catching Toddler standing up there (NorthernMommy requires photographic proof of crazy stunts performed in the house). Well, Daddy wasn't quick enough and only caught Toddler on the way back down to get another mug. Not good - that can only be used as proof that Toddler was breaking the rules by climbing on the furniture and that Daddy is a bad parent for not stopping him.
(Please wait while Daddy deletes the picture before Mommy sees it!)
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