Putting the kids to work

We had a double birthday party on Sunday for granddaughter’s Jade and Emma, house  was packed with people. Girls had a great time being the center of attention and of course, presents.

Emma got a Dirt Devil battery operated kids vacuüm cleaner. Thankfully it isn’t too noisy, but is hums away while little red and white plastic balls inside swirls around giving the illusion it is working, a light on the front illuminates the way. All the kids had fun with it, especially Gage; he almost “cleaned” every room in the house pushing it around. A few more times so he gets good and although this toy does actually pick up,  I’ll switch the cleaner out for the full size vacuüm cleaner,

Might as well put him to work and it would be one less chore for me to do, now to train some of the others to load the dishwasher

Transformers or booby traps for grandpa

Carolyn texted me that she is in Target with her friend Nancy and did I want anything, I asked her to get the Transformers movie, the grand kids love Transformers and I figured I could use the movie to bribe them or reward them for good behavior.

I have tried candy, but that effect is short-lived, it turns them into something resembling raging maniacal short people on crack!

But for loving Transformers, they seem to keep leaving the toys all over the floor. Poor grandpa gets up in the middle of the night to relieve his aging bladder and ends up stepping on the blasted things. I’m getting to where I can tell which Transformer I am stepping on in the dark.

Yeah, Carolyn got both of the Transformers movies.