A few Idea's on how to get the jobs done when you have a little wannabe helper...

Today we were having people over by five… What to do, oh what to do? Need to clean, but Francis won’t leave me alone, and keeps following me around the house….  Keeping in mind my son is 21 months old...

 I had to clean the toilet; the spray I was using is safe for kiddies and walls… So what I did was spray the wall next to the toilet and let him wipe that…  Then when it came to washing the toilet bowl he took away the brush… So I let him scrub the toilet bowl... He did a pretty good job to. I was amazed at how well he had watched me…  

 For spots on the wall, I had a MR Clean white sponge thing. I just gave him a cloth and he followed me just wiping where ever he could reach.. He was having so much fun and I was getting the job done.

 The floor was a little harder. As I needed to do the stairs as well I gave the Roomba a day off… So I pulled out the vacuum. But Francis wanted the vacuum..   So I gave him the vacuum and I got out a broom for me, and swept every thing into a pile and showed him that things disappear when you put the vacuum on them.. Thankfully I did not have lots of stuff on the floor or he may have put lots up there..   So I swept a pile and he vacuumed it.  Not the fastest but trust me it was the easiest way to get it down with out screaming or him taking the vacuum from me…

 Clothes washing…   I gave him a step ladder and handed him the clothes and he put them in.. When it was time to dry, he stood beside me and as I took the clothes out of the machine he put them in the dryer.. Doing it this way also helps me find the socks as for some reason they seem to shrink in the dryer..

 The hardest thing I had to do was the dishwasher… Being that there are things breakable I had to be very careful with this… So what I did was ask him to open the top tray and then placed two cups in, then asked him to close it and open the bottom tray and placed two plates in and again open the top placed some cups, etc. And I did this until the dishwasher was stacked…

 Ok it took longer then had I have done it on my own with no one in the house, but there was a little someone and he wanted to help.. So in fact having him help me took less time then it would have had he of just followed me around taking things from my hands or screaming because I would not play with him…  

 So if you have a little helper wannabe, there are a few tips on how to get the job done… Also if you don’t want help with the dishes, spray some water on the fridge and let them wipe it up.. Get them a little spray bottle of water and let them go crazy.. Ok watch them,  you don’t know what they will spray but in my kitchen he can spray anywhere he wants, so that is not an issue for me…  I must say for 21 month old boy, he did a very good job, and I was very impressed that he stayed with me cleaning the whole time...

Anyway good luck and happy cleaning…