My Little Helper

Yesterday was a 'stay-at-home-and-clean' sorta day here...no real rhyme or reason besides the fact that we had no where to go in the morning. Not a gym day, not an ECFE day, didn't need anything at Target day...a day like this is not very common for us!

So, I used the opportunity of staying home for the WHOLE morning to do some cleaning. I made a big list (ie: list with BIG letters) and had the kids help me! Once we completed the task I'd let one of them cross it off (hence the BIG writing - some of their crossing off skills are a little crazy).

One thing on the list was to vacuum - and to vacuum everywhere. Under the table, under the bar-stools, by the baseboards, and so on... I handled the big vacuum and my big helper, Ethan, requested the hand vac! Of course I said yes (what mom wouldn't take willing help??)

What followed was soooo cute! Ethan, in a shirt and undies, taking his job as vacuum-er EXTREMELY seriously:) He got under the table, under the bar-stools and all the baseboards! Dare you to not smile while looking at that picture:) Can't do it. He used that hand vac until the batteries were dead! I told him we needed to re-charge it and he told me that he could just blow it it to give it more air....nice try bud:)

It's very refreshing to have one of the mess-makers getting interested in cleaning up his messes! We're taking baby steps here: they put their dishes in the sink, clothes in the dirty laundry, toys away (if I ask them to...) - little by little we'll get there. I'm just glad that he 'wanted' to help with the actual cleaning of the house! (I don't like a dirty house but I don't necessarily like to deep clean...slight dilemma)

I wish I was able to snap more pictures of him helping but we were in the zone - I didn't want to risk breaking that zone and losing all the momentum we (ie: me) had!