Sweeper

Parker's new occupation is sweeping the floor. He goes and gets the broom out of the pantry, and he puts it back when he's done.



He doesn't quite understand the mechanics of the broom yet. He likes to push it from the back door to the front door and then back, with the broom out in front of him like this. Yesterday I saw that some food from under his chair had gotten dragged into the dining room, where it got tangled in the fringe of the rug. I just got him to push it back the other way.



He also doesn't understand the finer points of the dust pan, but he does seem to get the basic concept.



Is it a coincidence that he always seems to be wearing his rain boots when he sweeps, or do you think for some reason he just thinks of these as his work boots now? Gotta sweep, better go put on my boots.