Popsicle Sticks

When I came back from Oregon and gave Jeremiah a popsicle, I was impressed that he knew to put the popsicle stick into the garbage. But then I bought popsicle molds. And the first time, Jeremiah put the popsicle stick into the garbage. So I showed him to put the plastic stick into the sink. Now, whenever he has a popsicle, he puts the stick into the sink.

He generalized this "sink instead of garbage" for his apple cores, fruit snack wrappers, and other "garbage."

He tried a piece of raw broccoli today and didn't particularly like it. So he took it out of is mouth, thought about it, and got a cute smile, ran into the kitchen, and came back empty-handed. Then he took another piece of broccoli into the kitchen... He was so proud of himself for putting the "yucky broccoli" into the sink.

While I was making dinner, Jeremiah came into the kitchen with a huge grin and reached up to put a plate from snack-time into the sink, and then went to get the other plate to put it into the sink as well.

Everything goes into the sink. And he's so happy about it.