Kids Gone Wild

No real explanation for why our kids got really into their chores one Saturday.  Ben was asked to sweep the dining room area because it was pretty bad.  He just kept going and swept the kitchen and the wet kitchen out back.  Then he wanted to mop.  I got him all set up to mop with a bucket of warm soapy water and he wet right to work in the back wet kitchen.

Brian was cooking dinner while I did it and when I passed through the kitchen one time I busted up laughing. There he was standing high on a stool bent over so he could stir the pot on the stove at knee level.  Ben, in his seven year old wisdom, had come up with a way that the two of them could co-exist in the kitchen.  If Dad just stood on this stool then Ben could mop the floor and Dad could still cook. Genius!  I love how creative he is in his problem solving skills.  And what a good sport his dad is to cook dinner from a perched position!