Friday, September 15, 2006

He Who Makes Messes...

 
...gets to clean them up! After he helped me make cookies (banana chocolate chip oatmeal), JT wanted to do some more in the kitchen, so I gave him some cups, bowls and spoons and some rice. And then he even wanted to vacuum up the rice himself! (Well, some of it.) And he thought it was great fun to have the bottom of his feet vacuumed as well.
The experts say you should involve your kids with household tasks - I think he is almost ready to take over the housework... Posted by Picasa

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Surprised--so novelty of the cleanup outweighed fear of the vacuum noise?
Saw Invisible Children movie today (see website). 3 guys and a camera have powerful effect!
Check www.pinwheelsforpeace.com this week--something for the boy and the mother all in one!
momsie

Steph said...

That's a lot of rice! Good thing he's such a willing helper.