"Help you." This little phrase is something Garret says all day long. He LOVES helping. Just this evening I pulled out some pancake mix from the pantry and Garret, hearing the pantry door open and close, somehow pulled himself away from his beloved "Monkey" aka Curious George and ran into the kitchen saying, "help you mama." It often makes projects a bit longer but I love the extra help especially when it comes from such cute chubby hands.
Garret loves helping Ace most of all. Ace goes into the garage and Garret is close behind. Every evening Garret gets to help his dad feed the dogs. All of dad's jobs seem so much cooler than mom's and so Garret is quite busy following Ace around all evening saying those sweet little words "help you." The wonderful thing about Ace is that he is always willing to have Garret's help as well even though Garret clearly gets in the way and can make the task more challenging. For example, the other evening Ace was changing out the brake pads in one of our cars when Garret and I pulled into the driveway. Garret got out of the car and ran toward Ace, "Help you daddy." When the boys came back inside I asked Ace how it went. He said it was great and it was especially helpful when Garret used the flashlight not to allow light for Ace to see but as a hammer on the tire.
The other day our shower head just popped right off, shooting water right up into the ceiling. My ever so handy husband bought a new shower head that day and went to fix it before I had to endure another dramatic shower. Garret of course was right behind Ace, eager to lend a helping pair of hands.
Better take a closer look to make sure Dad isn't screwing anything up.
Just hammering away
I love this little boy and hope he is always willing to lend a helping hand.
