"but i'm older now..."

i was trying to give the kitchen a good cleaning and nj kept wanting to help. he was all over what i was doing. it was kind of driving me crazy. i didn't realize how much i say to him... "when you're older you can..." until today when he surprised me with the response: "but i'm older now already, mama." so i gave him a a piece of paper towel just to let him wipe around like i was, but chemical free. but then he started wiping from dirty to clean, from floor to counter, and running his hands all over leaving hand prints. at that point, it was unavoidable, i was done cleaning. i thanked him for his help and continued the cleaning later. while cleaning, he kept pointing out where i needed to wipe and where else it's dirty. he's constantly telling me when something's dirty or asking me to wipe something. even as i asked him to climb into his car seat, he wouldn't sit down saying it was dirty. i said it was fine, but he insisted on continuing to pick up crumbs and toss them from the car. that was going to take forever! i told him that we'd clean it later, but right now we need to go! i think i've created a monster.