A Little Help From Our Friends

Since we had the "paint spilled on brand new carpet" emergency when we first moved into our house, we have our own carpet cleaner. Actually we have two. A small, portable one for little messes and the "grande" version for taking on whole rooms and big messes. This has really saved us in times like the Puke-apalooza after Grace came home. Not to mention the random occasion, like last night, when she still pukes for seemingly no reason. Most of the time, all over herself, her Mom and the floor. We could have owned both of our carpet cleaners many times over if we had to rent a machine every time we needed one.

Getting to the point now, I promise. Will decided it was time to clean the carpet in our family room a couple days ago. This was a job for the "grande" carpet cleaner. Our children have rarely seen this machine put to use in our house, so the little ones were especially curious. They were running around, yelling questions and other random sounds over the din of the motor and generally just getting in the way. Finally we decided to attempt to focus their curiosity. What better way than to suggest they "help" Daddy while Mom takes pictures. I am pleased to say it worked like a charm. I am not so sure Will appreciated all the "help", but it sure was fun to watch. 8^)