If You Give A Boy A Vacuum

If you give a boy a vacuum, he'll probably spend hours vacuuming. He'll vacuum the hallways, the bedrooms and the family room.He'll feel very good about all of his hard work. So good, in fact, that he'll probably not be ready to stop working.

He'll ask for a few rags. When you give the boy two rags, he'll probably ask you to get one wet, so that he can really clean.
Then he'll get to work scrubbing every scrub-able surface in the house.
And when he sees how shiny he made the bathroom sink, he'll feel so proud. He'll call you into the bathroom so you can see the results of his hard work.

After all that hard work, the boy will probably ask for a glass of water.
If you give him a glass of water, he'll probably finish it quickly, because he knows there is more work to be done.

So he'll head off to scout out other dirty places in the house. He'll get sidetracked, though, when he spots his vacuum still sitting in the hallway.He'll probably vacuum a little longer.

Then it will be time for bed. If you give that boy lots of praise for all his hard work, he'll be proud of himself.
In fact, he'll be very, very proud of himself. And he'll probably deserve a cookie.Yes, we do read a lot of Laura Joffe Numeroffbooks in our house. If you don't, you really should!