Luke the cleaner

It's fun to see what characteristics your children develop and which ones must be passed through genetically.  Anyone who knows Ryan knows he likes to be organized and have his things kept in a certain way and is a bit of a perfectionist  We have seen this quality in Grant, especially in the way he completes his homework (it has to be done correctly or there is trouble), in the way he neatly organizes the animals on his bed,  and in his desire the wear "matching clothes" (which he sometimes insists means a top and bottom of completely the same color).  

We've already noticed a few similar characteristics in Luke.  Around the time he turned one, one of his favorite activities was to gather things scattered across a room and put them into one pile. 

Here is a picture of one such pile from last October (the bear was covering a few more items).  I remember I was in the kitchen doing dishes and I was just able to see the top of his little head on the other side of the counter going back and forth, back and forth.  I finally looked over to where he was going and saw he had been walking back and forth, picking one thing off the ground and putting it in a pile.  I guess he decided it was high time things got organized in the living room.

Now, one of Luke's favorite things to do is to throw away his own dirty diaper after he gets changed.  He understands that we put the stinky ones out in the dumpster in the garage.  Usually, after I change him he runs off while I wash my hands.  Then, there is about a 95% chance that I will find him just like this, wearing someones over-sized rain boots with the dirty diaper in hand, trying to open the door to the garage.  The boy just wants to throw away his diaper!

This picture shows one of those 5% moments, when Luke has escaped a diaper change before I was able to put a new diaper on, but he still managed to try on a pair of rain boots!