Helping

Here are some pictures of the kids "helping" me clean over the weekend. They were super excited to dust. Xander and Grace went all over the house dusting. They did dust tables and shelves, but they also dusted things that didn't need dusting like their pillows and the carpet and walls. But, it kept them occupied for about a half an hour that that is great for me. Will actually did a good job cleaning the bottom part of the windows. Incidentally the bottom part of the windows are the only dirty part, so he did do some good. Will also enjoys helping Brian mow the lawn, and will literally follow him all around the yard with his little lawn mower. He will choose to stay at home with Brian and "mow" the lawn instead of going to run errands with me on Saturday mornings. The last 3 Saturdays, it's been only Xander, Grace and I running errands. How nice it is to have one less to drag around. So much easier! Will also enjoys vacuuming the house with me. He'll run and find his Elmo vacuum all the while yelling "Don't do it without me!" So, I wait until he comes back with his vacuum before I turn mine on. He's so funny!

Speaking of funny Will, he now spends about half of every day being a cat. He crawls around on the floor meowing. Xander and Grace love this and give him bowls of milk and lots of tuna and salmon that they take out of their shirts and pockets (because "cats love fish" and those are the only two fish they know.) Will carries things around in his mouth, which is more like a dog, but it is funny. They love to pet him and tell him to take naps in the beds they make for him. The funniest part was Monday, though. Will was walking, but he was meowing and Xander said to him "No kitty, use your paws." Will immediately dropped down on all fours and started crawling. Xander then said "Yeah, that's a good idea. Use your paws." So funny. I'll have to get the kitty on video. By the way, Will is much better on the asthma front, back to regular!

Funniest quote of the week:

Xander talking on a play telephone in a fake phone booth at the indoor playground.

Xander: Daddy? Hi. Uh-huh. Yep. OK. OK. Goodbye.

Grace: Who did you talk to?

Xander: Daddy.

Grace: What did he say?

Xander: He didn't say anything! Oh well.

That's all for now. Have a great long weekend everyone! Thanks for looking.