Then and now: Big Helper

Sammy loves to help with the dishes. If he hears the dishwasher open, he comes running (OK, crawling at top speed) to begin to empty it. He takes all of them out and will hand them to you, often faster than you can get them put away. And when you close it, there are often a lot of tears. Of course, he doesn't discriminate between the dirty and clean dishes, all must be put away!

 Matthew also really loved to help with the dishes when he was Sammy's age. It's so fun to look back and to see them doing similar things.