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Ezra loves the vacuum cleaner, LOVES it. I would go so far to say that it is his favourite thing at the moment. If I let him, he'd vacuum morning noon and night.

I like this photo, if you don't mind me commenting. There is a subtlety to the colour, tone and light that I wish I could replicate at will. I'm not one of those "straight out of the camera" Nazis, but this one was!
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Sue said…
A lovely pic. Zac loved the vac too. He would cuddle it everytime I started to clean. I think it was the warm air emananting from it and the sound it made...but I'm only guessing. Who knows what is in a baby's mind???

He does prefer to vac rather than mow when asked his preference for which chores to help with these days.
22 April 2009 at 19:48
Sue said…
PS I don't think I would get much od anything done if I had Ezra around. I think I would just want to pick him up all the time to cuddle. He just looks so cuddly!
22 April 2009 at 19:50
KL said…
These babies/toddlers, whenever they do something, they look so serious. Have you ever wondered what they are thinking? Their vocabulary and language skill is not that up to the scale that they think complex thoughts. But something must be going through their minds perhaps as images. Someone somewhere should do these research.

Another adorable pic of Ezra :-), a scientist in thought thinking about the design of the future vacuum cleaners.
22 April 2009 at 21:03
Miles McClagan said…
I always thought vaccuuming sucked...

(C. 1920s top jokes)
22 April 2009 at 21:27
KL said…
I have sent you a new recipe today to your facebook email-account. When my mum and aunt cooks that dish, it is simply yuuummmmmmyyyyyyy...though that recipe is mine :-D.
22 April 2009 at 23:10
Priyanka Khot said…
you like vacuuming, he likes vacuuming... by this logic you two must be related ;-)

I am sure by now Ez knows how the machine works.
24 April 2009 at 03:22
Kris McCracken said…
Sue, I don’t let Ez mow yet.
24 April 2009 at 18:34
Kris McCracken said…
Sue, he’s easy to do stuff around. Henry can be a struggle.
24 April 2009 at 18:34
Kris McCracken said…
KL, I’ll post another tonight.
24 April 2009 at 18:34
Kris McCracken said…
Miles, the Great War took many of the good joke writers. Hence the “Great Joke Drought” of the ‘20s.
24 April 2009 at 18:34
Kris McCracken said…
KL, I will do it next week. I promise!
24 April 2009 at 18:34
Kris McCracken said…
Priyanka, I am glad to say that Ez and me are alike. He’s a top bloke!
24 April 2009 at 18:35
Kitty said…
ha, you'd think that kids wouldn't like vaccuum cleaners at all because of the noise.

Glad you're having the poor boy do all the housework already!
24 April 2009 at 22:12
Kris McCracken said…
Kitty, they need to start pulling their weight early.
28 April 2009 at 11:53
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