A boy and his vacuum

Justin LOVES the "new" vacuum we have. Nanny Sue gave us her old one-the canister type instead of upright. That means it's easy for Justin to push the hose around. One day his love of cleaning could be a good thing but right now it's kind of a pain. It's a fairly powerful vacuum so I have to make sure that there is nothing on the floor light enough to be picked up or to clog it. And he wants to vacuum constantly, even when his Daddy's trying to watch tv! He also can only go as far as the hose will let him, he has trouble pulling the body of it yet. So he'll be standing there, crying, trying to pull it! Or he'll say, done! unplug it, and then come crying to me that it's unplugged! He really loves that thing!
Right now the vacuum is "broken"(unplugged, cord hidden), I told Justin it needs to be fixed. He said, "fix it?" and went over to the door and said, "Daddy?" He was looking for his Daddy to fix it right away! I was also impressed that he's already learned that Daddy is the one to go to when you need something fixed!

I hope Justin's love of cleaning doesn't disappear by the time he's old enough for it to be truly useful. For now it does keep him occupied for periods of time. And that's always a good thing!!