Neil loves to go in our backyard. The main attraction for him is the water hose. He also plays a lot with the game that Vija and Ruchita gave him. It too has a water container with a water powered wheel.
Recently he has started showing signs that he is going to be neat freak. He likes to do things in a specific order. Keeps his things back (if he is in the mood). The other day I showed him how to clean our Roomba. Now he is always after me to clean it. When I am cleaning it, I throw away the dirt saying "kachara". He too, merrily chimes after me "kachara"... About three days ago, I took him to our front area, where we have a couple small trees. I showed him how to pick up dry leaves, and put them in the dirt basket. Also, I showed him how to clean up the area with a hose. He loved spraying water everywhere and removing small dirt.
Yesterday when I took him out for another "kachara" session, he was more interested in the water. There was no hose, but he kept pointing to the faucet, and saying "paayee, paayee". I said not today. The next thing he did was really amazing. He went to the base of the tree, and picked up some dirt. He promptly dropped it. He showed me his hands and said "haat dhoo", and pointed to the faucet again. He was trying to force me to open the faucet! I knew kids were intelligent, but this is outright sneaky. Wanting something and asking me to do it is pretty straightforward. But when I say no, he knew that making his hands dirty means I will wash them, and hence he will get to play with the water. Wow. He is just 21 months old.
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