One of Bean’s favourite things to do at the moment is help. That wonderful, enthusiastic, time-consuming helping that only a toddler can perfect, such as sweeping the floor with her toy dustpan and brush, then sneaking up behind you to brush your hair with the same brush, or taking all the washing off the clothes airers before it’s dry, accompanied, always, by a cheery ”I helping, Mummy!”.
I find it all too easy in the busy rush at the end of the day to turn down offers of ‘help’ when I am making tea. Thankfully, last week I accepted and the perfect tea-time helping job was born…
The oh-so-simple task of cleaning potatoes. Yep, that’s it. The new potatoes, just the right size for little hands were dipped, then scrubbed and put in the sieve. Simple it may be but the look of concentration on Bean’s face as she carried out her task in just the right order, checking each potato to make sure it was just clean enough was worth the extra time (and the mopping up afterwards).
As the Bean continues to grow from a toddler into a little girl at an alarming rate, I think this is a good reminder to me to make time for the Bean’s special brand of helping and one day, one wonderful day, it might even save me some time too!
