the rules of cleaning

Last night while the boys were playing in their toy room, Ambrose decided it was clean up time. Sometimes we sing "it's clean up time, put away your toys . . . ". On other occassions we simply gather and put toys away. I have impressed upon Ambrose during play that some toys are too small for Blaise and that he can only play with them.

That point has had impact on him as he concluded that we had to put away all of the train cars and trees. The reason: "because they are too small and Blaise can't play with them". Ambrose proceeded to dust them into his dust pan. While doing it he explained to his brother, "Blaise, you always have to obey the rules of cleaning, cleaning is clean-up time".