Robot. Making. Pancakes.

So one morning Emanuel wakes up before anybody else in the house. Instead of letting us know that he was up and at 'em, he took his little self downstairs and proceeding to cook. Now his all time favorite food is pancakes. He has helping me make them many times, and I guess he felt like he had a pretty good grasp of the recipe. He climbed up onto the kitchen counter, opened the cabinet, started pulling out spices and dumping them in a bowl, and stirring them all together. Dustin told me later how he walked onto the scene and Emanuel started doing the robot walk and robotically chanting, " Robot making pancakes". Dustin found this so hilarious that Emanuel sort of got away with his transgressions. Since then every time he makes a big mess and senses that he might be about to get in trouble he pulls the "Robot making pancakes" out and charms us yet again. Why is this so funny to us? Who knows.

Soooo, the other day Emanuel and his sidekick went outside to draw with chalk, which lasted only as long as they were supervised , and then it was into the mud puddle they went. When I acted chagrined at this disaster Emanuel let me know that they just robots making pancakes out of mud.