Pulling His Weight

Collin must have overheard me joking about him needing to start pulling his weight around here now that his preschool bill is the biggest monthly payment we have, ranking higher than our car payment. So, taking things literally, as most preschoolers are wont to do, he thought that he'd start carrying as many heavy objects as possible, all at once.

This is Collin on our walk with Eddie yesterday. He is carrying half a dozen rocks in one arm and a stick in the other hand. I asked if he wanted help with any of his treasures; you can imagine the response. There is no treasure that is less special than the next, which means no treasure can be carried by any other than his precious hands. What was I thinking?

Where are all these rocks now? Who knows? He threw them all into the planter box in front of our house as soon as he got home and heard the stereo playing. He thought it was the television and because he's so television deprived, he got excited and dashed into the house with such glee and anticipation, that what were formerly such treasures that Mommy couldn't even touch them, are now trash.