Mr. Independent

I don't know when this started, but in the last few days I have noticed how independent Benjamin has become. Two days ago he decided he needed to answer the phone by himself while I was in the shower. He told me some amazing story about how he answered the phone and then it was Star Wars. I thought it was a made up story until he told me a little later on that Daddy had called. I asked him when, and he responded that he answered the phone while I was showering. I called Stephen, and he told me that indeed Benjamin had answered the phone. The conversation went something like this. "Hi" said Benjamin. "Is this Benjamin?" "Yes." "Where's Mommy?" "Mommy's showering." "Please tell Mommy that I called ok?" He then pressed the off button on the phone and hung it up. Nothing looked out of the ordinary so as to draw my attention. Benjamin did finally relay the message and after that we had a long talk about how he could only answer the phone if Mommy or Daddy asked him to.

The second sign of independence was when I was cleaning. My normal routine is to clean in the morning while Benjamin plays in the playroom. As I cleaned my bathroom, I heard the dryer door opening. I immediately went on red alert to hear if number one it would next turn on and number two if I could distinguish what could have possibly been put inside. Imagine my amazement when I came around the corner to see him unloading all of the clean clothes out of the dryer into a basket. He then pushed the basket proudly into my room and tried to dump it on my bed just like I do. He told me "See Mom, I did your job!" with the biggest, brightest grin on his little face. He repeated the second task again this morning only the bottom of basket had dirty clothes in it. Stephen showed him to always use the blue basket as that is for clean clothes and the white ones are for the dirty clothes.

The third example of independence has lead to a new lock on our front door as Benjamin decided to open the door when he heard a knock. Luckily no one was there as it was the wind banging the decoration against the door. I am also grateful that our alarm sounded so I knew the front door opened.

I am now just awaiting the next appearances of Mr. Independent, whether incredibly helpful or scary there is sure to be more!