I decided to do the work myself. I wanted to have a clean house at some point during the week. That was the day. I cleaned the family room to begin with. When everything was picked up, it was time to vacuum. I pulled the vacuum out and started vacuuming like crazy! LIKE CRAZY being the keywords. VACUUM FORWARD, VACUUM BACK... the thing just wouldn't suck anything up. VACUUM more. Still nothing... yes, it was on and it was running. It just wouldn't SUCK! Most often, you want things that don't suck. Not the case with the vacuum, when you are trying to vacuum, you want the thing to suck.
I went and found my husband's toolbox. People get a kick out of the toolbox. It is absolutely not the average toolbox. It works though, for the things my husband knows how to do. It is a little igloo cooler, I think it would hold, maybe a six-pack of soda pop. Well, in our case, it holds my husband's tools.
I got out the Philip's head screwdriver. I unscrewed the bottom of the vacuum. I unscrewed it so I could get to the part of the hose where it sucks things up. I needed to unclog the thing. With a guinea pig, dog, four children, and myself who have hair, the thing can get clogged sometimes. Then it just won't suck. My toddler stood beside me, squatted beside me, and knelt beside me the whole time. She was my supervisor. When it came time to start getting the hair, and other things, out of the hose, she helped. I had her hold the bag that I was putting the stuff in.
My 6 year-old came down around the time I had to start screwing everything back together. He wanted to help. Then my toddler also wanted to help. I figured that I would let them do what they could. I would just stand back and take some pictures of my little helpers hard at work!
My 6 year-old was getting ready to take the reigns from me. He is getting the vacuum all set to get some more screws put back in. My toddler is standing by, being the supervisor. She has a few tools, in case she needs to help out!
He is hard at work in the following photo. He has the screw where it belongs and is screwing it in really tight so the bottom thing (for lack of knowing what it is called) will not fall off. My toddler seems to be getting tired of watching him, I think she is ready to use some of her tools!
My toddler couldn't stand just watching anymore. She had to put her tools to use. She had watched long enough and thought she could help out. She knelt right down and went to work. I think her face is her putting all her effort into turning a screw with needle nose pliers.
In no time flat, the vacuum was up and working. It was able to suck again. I am thankful for my little helpers that came along, in the neck of time, to help me get the vacuum put together so I could continue my work. It was wonderful to leave for work that day and know the house was clean. If the house would only stay clean, it would be great!
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