No, not the bald guy who's tough on dirt and makes amazing magic erasers. Will J. Will has been on a cleaning kick lately that is starting to exhaust me! It all started a few weeks ago when he helped Anthony vacuum and realized he wasn't scared of it anymore. It intensified when I let him use the hose attachment and help vacuum out the inside of our car Monday. By Thursday morning he was waking me up rolling the vacuum into my room around 7:15 am and asking me if he could vacuum in my bathroom because he "saw some dirt and dust in there."
I'm quite proud of him for not only being willing to help around the house, but also for taking initiative to get work done. Unfortunately, his size, capabilities and attention span limit the usefulness of what he does. I'm learning again that I like to be in control by how tense I feel when he does something very differently than the "right" way I do it, and it's good for me to relax a bit.
It is nice having someone push me to get some things done too. Cleaning windows is never high on my list of "must get done soon" chores, but when Will asks me, "What's next on the list?" I'm having to get creative to find things he can do that won't stress me out if it isn't done perfectly.
And he is setting a good example for this girl too, and I appreciate that.
4 comments:
Ha! What a fun helper!
So funny. It's always hard when kids want to help in less helpful ways. But cleaning sure will come in handy. That's great he's getting lauren in on the action too.
Oh, the trials of having kids When they are too little to be of real help, they want to help cook and clean. As soon as they big enough so that it would really help you, they don't want to do it anymore. Keep it up, Will! And Lauren!
This post made me laugh out loud! So many different pictures of Will cleaning on different days. I don't know what I would do if Wes started pointing out all the dust and dirt in my bathroom.
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