I was out in the computer room sending Jeff an email when I heard the sound of a door opening, followed by silence and then a few moments later, a chair being dragged across tile. I wasn't too worried about it but decided to investigate. I noticed Norah on the big chair curled up with her blanket, obviously not the culprit.
I turned to continue my investigation when Justin ran back into the living room. His hands darted behind his back as soon as he saw me. Then he apparently just couldn't resist and yanked his arm around, raised his prize in the air, and declared with a triumphant grin, "My MAGIC SWORD!!" This is his special name for the vacuum cleaner's wand attachment, which is evidently infused with magic when engaged with its plastic carrot handle. Weird we know, but we've given up trying to explain it.
Considering all the dirty things the vacuum sucks up, Jeff has forbidden Justin to play with it, however the end of this battle for the "magic sword" appears to be nowhere in sight. The allure is evidently too much to resist even in the face of timeouts, threats, swats, and confiscation. On the bright side, we have a legitimate excuse to explain why we haven't vacuumed the baseboards.
That excuse was compounded when we discovered that the magic sword vanished completely for over a week. It was finally found under the purple chair in Norah's room, within a couple feet of the carrot!
I turned to continue my investigation when Justin ran back into the living room. His hands darted behind his back as soon as he saw me. Then he apparently just couldn't resist and yanked his arm around, raised his prize in the air, and declared with a triumphant grin, "My MAGIC SWORD!!" This is his special name for the vacuum cleaner's wand attachment, which is evidently infused with magic when engaged with its plastic carrot handle. Weird we know, but we've given up trying to explain it.
Considering all the dirty things the vacuum sucks up, Jeff has forbidden Justin to play with it, however the end of this battle for the "magic sword" appears to be nowhere in sight. The allure is evidently too much to resist even in the face of timeouts, threats, swats, and confiscation. On the bright side, we have a legitimate excuse to explain why we haven't vacuumed the baseboards.
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