It's kind of been the theme for the last couple of weeks- funny, I know. I have been having major suction problems for a few months now. Our vacuum cleaner was completely not working. I would vacuum to feel like I was trying to get our house clean, but it wasn't doing much of anything. (For those of you who are problem solvers, yes, I checked the bag and yes, I cleaned the hair off the roller) The machine just wasn't working properly. If it were up to me I would have just gone out and bought a silly vacuum cleaner. But, that's not how my sweet Kenneth functions. He has been searching Craig's list for the past 2 months for a vacuum cleaner, researching online, talking to people, you name it. All the while, I've been going crazy with all the hairballs all over my house! I guess it's good that we temper each other. . .
Anyway, we finally decided on a Dyson. Since this all happened at Black Friday time we found a good sale and I joined all the crazies in line at 10 pm for the store's midnight opening. It was interesting and I must say I have no desire to ever do that again, but, I got my vacuum cleaner!!! And I love it!
The first time we used it I had to empty the canister 8 times and cut the hair off the roller 4 times just going over the house once! Nasty! I'm so glad to finally have suction!
We also got rid of some suction in another area of our lives. Arianna has been telling us for the last month that she was going to stop sucking her thumb on Kenneth's Birthday (November 30th). I'm not sure where she came up with that idea, but we were going to run with it!!! She'll be four in January and we really wanted her to stop, but I doubted she would actually do it. She sucks ALL DAY LONG! As the big day came closer, we would talk about it and she never said she had changed her mind, but I still didn't believe she would do it. To pump her up even more, Kenneth told her that if she didn't suck all day long for his Birthday and the next day he would take her to the store to pick out whatever she wanted. Boy, was she excited. And it did the trick. We are so proud of her!! She certainly is a strong-willed little girl. She can do anything she sets her mind to. She hasn't sucked since except at nighttime. (She knows we'll take away the horse if she does!)
Here she is with her new toy:
Look at that happy face!!!
She named the horse 'White Beauty'. We just started to read Black Beauty.
Now, of course, Emma is incredibly jealous and wants the same toy. So, I told her that if she finishes her entire workbook (which is pretty fat) that she could go to the store and pick something out. I think it's good for her to have something to work towards.
When Dad found out I told her that, his eyes widened. He is a little worried that this will become an expensive trend. =)
