Little girl training to be a clean freak takes Barbies' shoes off at the door

Making Asian moms proud.
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Yi Shu Ng
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This has got to be a shoe-in for cutest, most organised thing ever.

4-year-old Korra Lam who lives in California has been taking off her Barbie and Ken's shoes before they get to go into the Barbie Dream House.

Her half-sister, 16-year-old Ivy Ho, tweeted pictures of the well-disciplined toddler when she realised what she was doing:

Ivy told Buzzfeed that she thought it was funny to point it out, because she noticed that most of her Asian friends habitually take their shoes off when they're home, but "not many of (her) non-Asian friends do."

Korra told Ivy that her Barbies have to adhere to the house rules too "so they can be like us and keep their house clean."

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Ivy said that Korra got her Barbie Dream House over Christmas, but she only noticed yesterday that Korra was doing this.

Taking your shoes off before going into one's house is totally an Asian thing, and people really get it:

Not all her Barbies do so, though:

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Yi Shu Ng

I am an intern with Mashable Asia, focusing on viral news, lifestyle news and feature news in the region.

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