Perks of having children is the excitement of FIRSTS. First solid foods, first pee pee on the potty, first steps, first day of school, etc. etc. etc. As I was sitting here at the computer in my PJs and robe just now, shaking slumber from my head and too lazy to move, I decided it was time for a new first:
"NIKO... WILL YOU PLEASE REFILL MY COFFEE?"
He looked at me, confused. "How?" he asked.
"You take THIS empty coffee mug in front of me, you walk over THERE, you remove the hot coffee pot in the coffee maker, you TIP it veeeeeery carefully and pour the coffee into my mug, remember, it's very HOT, then you walk it back to me without spilling."
He looked at me again. He slowly picked up my empty mug. He walked toward the kitchen.
"Where is it?" he asked.
"THERE." I said. That thing with the coffee in it."
"How do I do it?" he asks.
"There's the handle, pick it up." I said, from across the room.
He picked it up carefully, and began filling. "Should I fill it to the top?"
"Yep, all the way to the top."
He put the empty coffee pot in the sink, picked up the cup of coffee filled all the way to the brim, and began his careful, slow, strategic mini-step walk with my hot coffee filled to the tippy top (this child is prone to spills) - staring intently at the cup in his hands, successfully delivering it back to me at the kitchen table.
First refilled hot cup of coffee.
I've decided for the rest of the day, we'll try a few other new firsts - I am going to introduce the leaf blower, the dishwasher, the vacuum cleaner, the paint brush, the taking out of garbage, and the folding of laundry with a bonus matching of socks session!
P.S. ...Niko lost his first tooth last Sunday.
"NIKO... WILL YOU PLEASE REFILL MY COFFEE?"
He looked at me, confused. "How?" he asked.
"You take THIS empty coffee mug in front of me, you walk over THERE, you remove the hot coffee pot in the coffee maker, you TIP it veeeeeery carefully and pour the coffee into my mug, remember, it's very HOT, then you walk it back to me without spilling."
He looked at me again. He slowly picked up my empty mug. He walked toward the kitchen.
"Where is it?" he asked.
"THERE." I said. That thing with the coffee in it."
"How do I do it?" he asks.
"There's the handle, pick it up." I said, from across the room.
He picked it up carefully, and began filling. "Should I fill it to the top?"
"Yep, all the way to the top."
He put the empty coffee pot in the sink, picked up the cup of coffee filled all the way to the brim, and began his careful, slow, strategic mini-step walk with my hot coffee filled to the tippy top (this child is prone to spills) - staring intently at the cup in his hands, successfully delivering it back to me at the kitchen table.
First refilled hot cup of coffee.
I've decided for the rest of the day, we'll try a few other new firsts - I am going to introduce the leaf blower, the dishwasher, the vacuum cleaner, the paint brush, the taking out of garbage, and the folding of laundry with a bonus matching of socks session!
P.S. ...Niko lost his first tooth last Sunday.
