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When You Forget to Say How Many

When You Forget to Say How Many

One of the things that I've loved over the last year or so is how Jack has become increasingly self-sufficient.  I miss his various baby stages of course, but it's nice to be able to give him a command and watch him actually follow through with it.  I feel like I created some delightful new invention! 

However, It's not quite the utopia I envisioned as a disgruntled teen when I would rant at my chore-insisting parents, "I cant wait to have kids of my own so I can boss them around and make them do all the work!", completely convinced I unfairly shouldered the majority of the household burden.  Ah, the drama of youth.  Still, to be able to ask someone who in my heart I still consider a tiny infant under my protection, to go put away his laundry and have him actually do it, is pretty cool.

That said, I've discovered that you have to be careful about interpretation.  For example, we have a diaper bag hanging by the family room for first-floor changes.  Recently I noticed that it was nearly-empty and I asked Jack to get some diapers and fill up his bag.  A few minutes later I happened to walk by and saw that Jack had finished his task.  That's when I learned my lesson about specificity.