Little Helper

David is in California designing a concert at Coachella. Tonight after dinner, I really wanted some help clearing the table. Unfortunately, Stella has not been so super fantastic about being helpful recently (our fault) so I decided to ask Vivian to bring a plate into the kitchen which she did happily. When Stella saw Vivian marching towards the kitchen with the plate in hand, she came running to help out as well. (Surely my emphatic declaration, "Vivian! Thank you so much! You are so helpful!!!" didn't hurt.) Stella proceeded to hand one bowl or plate at a time to Vivian who said, "Mama, mama" (as in "this bowl has to go to Mama in the kitchen, repeated as a mantra lest she forget her destination along the way) as she carried them to me. Stella even handed her a large green bowl filled with lettuce. That one Vivian brought to me saying "heavy," a new word she must have caught when I told Stella I thought it was too heavy for her little sister. In fact, Vivian carried it with no problem. It was so great to have the table all cleared and also really fun to watch Vivian as such a happy helper.