Yellow still rules at our house but Reid has developed a preference for her “gdeen” glass for milk. A while ago I bought a second set of glasses from Ikea so that we wouldn’t be faced with the horror of a dirty yellow glass when Reid needed a drink. It’s a good thing that I got a full set and not just a one-off because we don’t run the dishwasher enough to keep up with the demand for a favourite cup.
Reid has also decided that she is too big for baby flatware and so is eating off of plates bigger than her head. A couple of nights ago, Ken set out two regular sized forks and a lttle one that Reid used to prefer. I ended up with the little one and so suggested perhaps three the same size woulf be better in the future. Reid takes seriously her job as table setter and becomes upset if she is usurped. We take out the plates, glasses and cutlery and put them&on her white stool. She announces who will be getting the items she is holding and then places them on the table. It goes something like this:
Reid picks up two glasses and says to them (or maybe to us but she is looking at them) “Reid” while addressing her green glass and then “Red Daddy” while addressing the other. She then takes them to the table and comes back for the next glass. Note: Ken and I use a variety of colours, I was just giving an example. Except I don’t think Reid would ever give Ken the yellow glass.
As she walks the plates in she announces who will get the one she is carrying. They’re big and heavy plates and must be carried one at a time. She doesn’t narrate the silverware but is particular about who gets which one and so choosing identical ones is the best way to go.
It’s a slow process if we don’t remember to get Reid setting the table until supper is done but that isn’t her fault. And the investment of time now will, we hope, pay off through many years of table-setting.
I haven’t tried to get her to put the cutlery or glasses in a particular place relative to the plates and I’m not sure I want to mess with a system that is generally working.