Parenting has so many fun moments. Towards the end of our dinner today Christina accidentally knocked her cup of water onto the floor. Knocking the cup of water over is pretty normal, I'd say there's a 95% chance before the meal's over. It's not intentional, and she does just fine drinking without spilling, the problem is she enjoys moving about, gyrating, etc in the high-chair...forgets about the cup, and...down it goes. This particular time it was more full than usual, so down it goes...."oh!" she says, contemplates for a moment, then looks at us to see how we'll react. We both keep our cool. I manage not to show an ounce of annoyance this time, instead I suppress a smile. I guess I'm getting more used to this sort of thing and being able to laugh at it instead of getting annoyed. Mom goes to get a clean cloth diaper to help wipe it up. I say "how about you help mom clean up your mess?". Mom says "how about Christina cleans up her mess!". "Fair enough" I say. We help her down and Ellinor hands her the cloth. "the mess is right over here, please come and clean it up" I say. there was splash damage over by mom which she immediately starts to wipe up (she's really a very willing and helpful little soul!) she then proceeds to walk on her knees over to the major spill site, surveys the situation, and wipes up the edge of it. She leans back and up to inspect her work and exclaims "akaaah!". "good job" i say, "can you please wipe up the rest of it?", "oi, oi oi!" she exclaims as she leans down and wipes some more up. after a couple of seconds she gets up again and exclaims "akaah!" apparently thinking she's done. I commend her work thus far but point out that there is more water to wipe up. "oi, oi, oi!" and wipes up some more. we're at about 70% cleanup now, which is really impressive for a 20 month old, so we give her a big thanks as she runs into the living room to read a book. I finish the job. Christina is awesome:-)