Addi says what

Sometimes I'm convinced that this child makes up stuff to say to me only to see if Im paying attention to what she says. Like she's saying to herself, " I'm gonna throw together some meaningless word and catch her off her game, that will show her who has the brains in this family."

Case in point:

Me: Addison, please don't play with your food and just eat your lunch.

Turns back for a second to concentrate on my own lunch

Addi: Because if I don't, a fly will go down the drain and then the TV won't work anymore and it will be time for SISTER to take a nap?

Me: Yep........ Wait, what?

Addi: Hehe

Shes sniffing around to expose my weaknesses to devise a plan for her teenage years.

Send spyware

And wine

I *may* be breaking child labor laws...... But I have clean carpets.

For Addison's 2nd birthday she received a vacuum. See picture below

It was absolutely the HIT of the party. We realized, rather quickly, that children's favorite toys are often sound nightmares for the parents. Up until this gift, we had managed to avoid the most offensive playthings. I'm not so much bothered by toys that have "Twinkle Twinkle" available to a toddler at the push of a button. ( until the batteries start to die and it becomes twwiinnkkllee twwwwwwwiiiiiinnnnnkkkkkkkllllllleeee, then that toy gets put on a very high shelf in the off position.) this vacuum, however, was a 1.5v sound nightmare. Eeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeee at a high pitch all over the darn place. Needless to say, that thing was hidden when I ran out of patience for the sound. I'd bring it back out, and two days later I was hiding it again. I was so happy when the batteries finally died. Ahhhhhh, they still love to push it around, but not it doesnt push their sweet (ahem) mother to the edge of her sanity. Bliss


That all changed today. Today is the day that I fell in love with this miniature home appliance.

I'm somewhat "challenged" when it comes to home upkeep. I'm clean, but I'm rarely Tidy. My husband, is very clean and very tidy. I have great intentions everyday, but then, you know, the couch happens to me. One of my husbands FAVORITE things is to come home daily to a freshly vacuumed living room. We have a dog, do I have to vacuum at least 3 times a week anyway. But again, the couch. So it's been rough. Today I noticed that this mini vacuum ACTUALLY picks crap up! Like a good amount of crap!

Aaaaannnnndddddd...... It makes those really super cool ijustvacuumedcuzimanexcellenthousewife marks. Win.

Now accepting donations for C batteries.