Men Who Clean

(from the Mommy who loves them...)

When Anna turned one, Aunt Liz bought her a vacuum cleaner. Not just any vacuum cleaner; this one has a detachable dustbuster and a removable hose w/couch crevice attachment. AND there is an on/off switch, aAND it makes a real vacuum (vrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmm) sound. Which, of course, was the reason that Anna was terrified of it. And so it has been languishing in an upstairs closet, until such time as Mommy realized the brothers might like to have a go at it.

And boy, have they.

Jack likes the upright vacuum part; Thomas prefers the dustbuster.
When Jack gets the vacuum, he drags it behind the red chair and just sits there with it, enjoying being alone and at peace with his cleaning instrument.
Thomas "dustbusts" like a runaway train. He gets on his knees and slides it the length of the carpet, scattering any dust, or toys, or sisterly toes that happen to get in his way.

To conclude... this last photo is now, officially, my ALL TIME favorite shot involving one of my children.

Go ahead: I DARE you to look at this and not start singing the theme from Ghostbusters.