Tribute to Ezril aka Scooter

Scooter - Ezril is a unique kid. He scoots instead of crawls. He's on his own time schedule. Both Salem & Oaklen were walking by 10 months and Ezril is now 14 months and is completely content to just scoot around. I think it's a defense tactic so that his older brothers won't knock him down. :) I've never noticed kids who scoot but now that I have a "scooter", I've had many parents come up to me and say that their kid did that same thing.

Ezril loves to play with anything that has to do with real life such as:
Spoons and other utensils - You'll often find him with a big stirring spoon or spatula scooting around the floor. I now have a spatula in my "church bag" for him so he can play with that while we're at church. It's actually nice since it's a quiet toy.

Milk Jugs - The other day I put an empty milk jug in the recycle can, but he took it out and played with it for a whole day. Each time I tried to put it back in the recycle can, he'd start screaming and then go scoot to get it out again. When I brought home a full milk jug from the store, he wanted to play with it but soon learned that it was a little too heavy for him lug around.

Vacuum - Every Monday he helps me vacuum. He follows me everywhere. He stiffens up his arms and legs when he gets excited and that happens a lot when the vacuum is around. Last week I ran upstairs for a moment to go get something, leaving him downstairs with the vacuum turned off. He used that alone time to climb on top of the vacuum and when I came back downstairs he was happy as can be using it as a ride-on toy.

Here is a video of scooting with the vacuum:


Here is another video of him excited to see the vacuum:


Broom - Ezril loves brooms too. We've been working on our laundry/mud room and have had to use the broom in there more often than the kitchen. He screamed when I took the broom out of the kitchen. I found a small broom for him at the store and bought it. He wouldn't even let go of it for me to put him the car after we bought it and had to hold it all the way home.

Mop - Mopping is fun with Ezril. I usually try to have him stay in his pajamas (terrycloth jammies work best) when we mop since he scoots around next to me and buffs the floor. I have to hide it on the days that I don't mop so that he won't take it out and get it dirty.
Here is a video of him moping:


Dishwasher - Whenever he's unhappy and I need to be in the kitchen to make food or clean up, I just open the dishwasher. (I make sure there are no sharp objects or knives in there.) He'll cruise along the open door and play for quite a while.