Mistaken Identity

The children are in charge of sweeping after meals, but they are not very thorough, so I always run the vacuum over the kitchen before I mop.  Today, I noticed that there were hardly any crumbs or food bits to vacuum up.  In fact, I could have skipped the vacuuming altoghether.  At lunch, I offered praise to my little sweepers for the good job they’ve been doing.

“Jonny, Meggie, you’ve been doing a really good job on the sweeping.  The floor was very clean this morning!”

They looked at each other in surprise.  Brenna laughed.  “Mommy,” she said, “it’s not them; it’s the dog.”

Oh, yeah.  The dog.  Well, I’m glad somebody takes his work seriously.  Good job, Max!

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6 Responses to Mistaken Identity

  1. Jane says:

    LOL LOL LOL…….that is funny!!!! That’s why I like an inside dog. He makes some clean ups real easy!!

  2. Jill Carlson says:

    LOL…that is so great! I love it!

  3. Kristina says:

    Ah yes, the living vacuum. I can’t say enough about those.

  4. Lina Martin says:

    that has to be the best reason for having a dog – cleaning up the floor!

    its how they contribute! :)

  5. mel says:

    Ah yes…I haven’t had a dog since my oldest was a toddler, though we hope to get one soon. I loved how he would suck up all the bits of food out of her high chair for me after I took her out. :)

  6. Anna says:

    We love that about our dog, too! :D I don’t know what we’d do without Frank. OK, yeah I do. We’d have to sweep a lot more than we do! LOL Dogs are the greatest.