Bring Our Troops Upstairs!

I have never seen Daniel eager to clean up his toys before, as far as I can remember. But tonight he has a new batch of "army-guys" - dark-green, in contrast to the light-green set that he already had. Mommy brought home a small cardboard box, about two-thirds the size of a bread-box, full of army-guys, and Daniel immediately set to work in the family-room, dividing three sets of soldiers, by colors, and gloating over the demise of some of his troops.

When I told him it was well past time to go to bed, I had never heard a more cheerful offer to clean up - as if even picking them up is fun, because in the process, you get to handle them;

"Well, then, I'll clean up all my army-guys, put them in here, and bring my sack upstairs!"

(November 26, 2011)