Neat? Orderly? Meticulous? I've been searching for the right word for Holly, and can't quite find the one I want, but these ones give you a bit of an idea of what I mean. She is super particular when it comes to mess and things the way they should be (or the way she thinks they should be). If I leave a kitchen cupboard door or the microwave open, she'll insist on it being closed before she will eat her dinner (or do whatever it is I want her to do). When she comes into the loungeroom after waking up in the morning, there's often lots of Stefan's schoolwork spread around from the night before. She'll quickly announce "all messy here" and order "Daddy clean it up". [We were out on a walk the other day and she spotted a messy driveway area, and said the same thing!!]
When helping me peg out the nappies she insists on putting a pink peg on a pink nappy, yellow peg on a yellow nappy, and so on. She is quite put out when she wants to hang up something white or brown or black and I have to tell her we don't have those coloured pegs.
If Stefan or I rest our foot on the coffee table or the edge of her chair, she strongly requests (okay, let's be honest, demands) that we put it down.
She sure has strong ideas about the way her world should be!
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