Shanna has been very enthusiastically trying to help ‘clean’ the kitchen lately using our broom/dustpan. The problem is that the adult broom is big enough to whack her in the head and she cries constantly and she loses/hides my dustpan which royally pisses me off. So yesterday she got her own broom and dustpan. She’s so excited! She is moving around the kitchen telling us, “Shanna is helpful girl! Shanna cleaning!” Now we just need to work on her technique so that she actually does some cleaning instead of just moving things back and forth on the floor. 🙂
sweeping is common at that age
My son loved to sweep at that age, too. And I’ve heard the same thing from several other parents.
In fact, back then, borrowing the broom of one of the cleaning people so he could sweep for a minute or two was apparently the highlight for him AT DISNEY WORLD! Not the rides, not the characters; nope, it was getting to use the BROOM! Go figure.
Yeah, but never did get to the point of actually being usefully effective before he lost interest in cleaning anything.
That’s really cute!
my kids *loved* to help.
now, they won’t pickup their shoes without a battle.
so… enjoy it while you can.
and take pictures!
Children like to feel useful. Lil Miss L likes to use the swifter on the wood floors and she will set the table when asked.
-gee