Paulchen really likes to help out in the kitchen when I bake and cook. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to prep all our food on the floor, so I am often out of reach at the counter. Paulchen however, now understands the infinite uses of "upstairs". This is what he calls our step ladder that we happen to keep in the kitchen. Now when I'm working at the counter he pulls out the "upstairs" and has me set it up so he can help.
We were really surprised today when he thought of another use for "upstairs". He's been ill the past two days and vomitted a few times. Today he was sick in the kitchen and threw up again. Normally we grab the "puke" bucket and hold it before him in case there is more. Before we could do that, while Paul was cleaning the mess off the floor, Paulchen moved the "upstairs" to the kitchen sink and leaned over that in case he was sick again. We were very surprised and impressed at how he put two very different concepts together like that.
