Little Miss Orderly

Here is a great little snippet of insight into Adelaide's personality.

Today after lunch I was sweeping the kitchen (which I have to do after every meal!). I got all the junk dropped (or thrown, thank you Eliot) swept neatly into a little pile. It then dawned on me that Eliot really needed to get to his nap as he was falling asleep in his chair so I made the logical decision to leave the pile in the middle of the floor and sweep it into the dustpan upon my return from putting Eliot into his bed.

Well, before I could get back, I found Addie trying to sweep up the pile. I asked her what she was doing and she looked very disgusted and said, 'I not like that' while pointing to the neat little pile of junk on the kitchen floor. She is so organised. She likes things just the way they are suppose to be and not a hair different from that.

There are loads of other examples. Here are three that quickly come to mind:

• A friend came over the other day. I poured her a Diet Dr. Pepper into a glass and sat the can on the island. Well, empty cans aren't suppose to be on the island. They are suppose to be in the recycling bin in the garage. It didn't take Addie more than two minutes to spot that empty can and move it to its proper place in the garage. 
• Another friend came over a while back. She walked in the house with her two boys and then after getting into the kitchen realised that she was tracking in a lot of dirt on her shoes. She was so upset with herself that she just took her shoes off right there in the kitchen. We then went on our business and had a lovely time together. When it was time for her to leave she went to the kitchen to retrieve her shoes. They were not where she had left them. We were both perplexed, and then realised that Addie had moved them to the rug by the front door where shoes that aren't being worn, and are dirty, are suppose to sit!  
• Similarly when we were living with my parents, my mom made an extended search for her Crocs one day before finding them the next morning in her closet neatly lined up with her other shoes. Who would have ever thought to look where they actually belong! Only Addie!  :)