Cleaning Time!

Recently I decided to institute a daily cleaning time in my house.  This means that for at least a half an hour each day, we all stop what we are doing and just focus on cleaning something.  (This is after months of being overwhelmed at the prospect of cleaning my entire house, knowing that the baby would need to eat or be entertained, or something before I got very far!)

Somewhat surprising is how much Charlie loves cleaning time.  I have given him a few jobs that he can do... things that I figured he couldn't really get wrong... but he's turned out to actually be very good at cleaning!  

Charlie is always excited when I tell him its cleaning time.  He loves to help.

He usually starts by wiping down the table.

Sometimes he's tasked with cleaning up his area, or his room.  Sometimes he dusts.   But his most favorite thing to do?  Swiffer.

He races all around the house while dry-mopping with the swiffer.  He can do it for twenty minutes and still want to keep going when I tell him its time to stop.  At the end we check to see how much stuff he "trapped".  Having a dog, a cat, and a house that just generally seems to collect dust, I sure appreciate his help!  It is fun for me to watch him want to be so helpful.  Hopefully he continues to enjoy it.  :)