Helping with the Dishes

Phoenix LOVES to "help" clean things. He enjoys vacuuming and sweeping and yesterday he even mimicked me after I was using a long cleaning brush to retrieve stuff from under the couch (toys, books, shoes, and socks which Phoenix had "parked" there). I went to go rinse some of his things off and turned to see him using the long handled brush to "clean" under the couch!

And, during and after a diaper change, Phoenix wants to hold an extra wet wipe to use to clean things (his toys, the table, the floor... the cats and dogs!).

Yesterday, when I was putting dishes in the dishwasher, I turned to find that he had climbed INTO the dishwasher (on the open door) to "help" reorganize the dishes and utensils! He often does this from the side, but recently he's chosen to go ahead and climb in.... so that he can reach everything easier! Here's Phoenix responding to Steph (as Lisa took photos) when she was asking him what the heck he was doing!