All by Herself

Daddy was cutting up leather. Clara ran into the kitchen, got out some scissors and started looking for paper to cut. When Daddy gave her some, she sat right down and started seriously snipping away. She is very methodical with the scissors and so fun to watch, she really studies what she's doing!

Now here's the terrific part: she clipped and clipped for awhile. This creates lots of teeny tiny pieces of paper all over the floor. She stopped clipping for a moment and started picking some of them up, then got up and looked like she was heading somewhere else. I asked her where she was going (envisioning little pieces of paper strewn all over the house). Her reply? "These need to go in the trash!" She proceeded to throw all the paper in the trash, as well as a scrap of leather Daddy had left behind. Then she put the scissors right back where they go. All this without me so much as mentioning cleaning up! Terrific doesn't get much better than that!

This morning when Daddy asked if she would like some scrambled eggs and potatoes: "No thanks(in such a cheery voice)! I would like..... umm.... scrambled eggs and toast!"

This evening while cleaning up her trains: "Mmm, I would prefer to pick up my shoes."