Electrograbber

We have a grabber thing, which was a gift from Larisa waayyyy back when I was expecting Clara. The grabber helps you grab things that you can't reach. Since Clara was 10 pounds of baby and I was supplying her with ample padding, the grabber was a handy little thing to have. It's great to not need to bend over, when you fear you might not make it back up. Little did we know then, the grabber has even more post-pregnancy value. You see, kids like to stick things under and behind other things. The grabber has, over the years, rescued our entire magnet collection from under the fridge. Our coasters would have become one with the dust bunnies by now, if not for the under-couch reach of the grabber. And, when used in conjunction with a flashlight, even the gap between the washer and dryer is doable.

We don't always let Trevor play with the grabber, because he can be a bit destructive, but today he needed to get Clara's brush, which he had hidden behind the armchair. Before I knew what was happening, he'd renamed it, "The Electrograbber", and had made up a song about it.

The Barbie dog got involved soon afterward. Poochy was just the right shape to be grabbed, and naturally this meant that she was destined to end up in all of the great spots that are normally out of Trevor's reach.
So, if you ever come to our house and find a dog in the apple basket, or a maraca on top of the medicine cabinet, it was Trevor.