african mama

today i went out onto the deck to sweep all the leaves. dominic came crawling after, as expected - sometimes he's very predictable. he was a little bit hesitant on the deck, possibly because of all the leaves because he has played on the deck before.

i got the broom and started vigorously sweeping the deck, which of course made a nice leafy noise. it must have been the noise. dominic started shouting. he would shout anytime i would sweep and he started shouting louder & louder! he was actually kind of upset, although not crying. it was so funny!

i decided he should be on my back while i worked. i tried the sling but it was a bit loose - i couldn't quite get it right and i didn't want to mess around with it. so i went with good ol' kitenge from kenya. sweet. dominic didn't shout after that, but he definitely was fascinated by being on my back and by everything i was doing.



















i thought, this is great! i think i'll vacuum while i'm at it!

i got out the vacuum and vacuumed the house too. sometimes dominic would shout (at first) when the vacuum was on, but i think that was just to hear his own voice. he also enjoyed that. i got a little video of it, although the quality is not good since i didn't have a film team.  also i muted the sound since it wasn't very pleasant.