Cu-up!

That's Abie-nese for "cut it up!" She's realized she can open the fridge door (not too new a feat)....and that the apples are right there on the shelf.....and that she and Benjamin really like to eat apples, and that they can eat them without mom cutting them up too! It all started when Jacqie inadvertantly gave Benjamin an apple to hold so he would possibly be content while she finished fixing dinner. She turned around a few minutes later to find he'd started eating it all his own. Abie saw this and wanted to try too. By the next day it had become a routine: Abie and Benjamin going to the kitchen and Abie fetching each of them an apple to eat. They get pretty far, even reaching the core. But it's believed they don't know to turn the apple because once they get there Abie then takes it upon herself (if Jacqie is still thinking they're playing so nicely by themselves - huh!) to get a knife out to cut it up. But as soon as Jacqie does find them she and Benjamin both promptly hold the apples out while Abie says, "cu-up." How can a mother complain with them liking such a healthy treat? Apples anyone?