Dishwasher

Being a big helper around the house, amy of course started to notice our dishwasher long time ago. At the beginning, whenever we load the dishes, she's just really excited to see all the chopsticks, forks, and bowls etc. sticking in one place, which she actually can reach (normally we put them up high). So she'd mess with all the kitchenware, throwing them everywhere, or, stealing one or two to put them by her crib. Later, after i figured out she'd do whatever you tell her to do if you put the phrase "help mommy to" in the sentence, i'd just tell her to help me close the dishwasher's door if she's gonna mess with dirty kitchenwares. It worked like a charm. No more dirty spoons in the hall way. Yay~

Well... of course it "backfired" somehow. That's what parenting is all about, figuring out strategies that will be out-smarted later on. Yesterday i was just in the middle of arranging the dishes and the little one appeared from no where. I threw out the old bone and she did close the door for me. But that's not all, just when i turned my back on her to clean the oven, she locked the door and actually started my half-loaded dishwasher. My mom has been here almost two months and couldn't figure out where the lock is. With such a quick-learning helper around, i really don't know if i should be happy or worried... :p