I have found a new love, mowing the lawn.  It is like vacuuming but SO MUCH easier/better!  I don't like to empty the bag full of grass after though, I make Ryan do that.  I am not one to put those perfect lines on the carpet so you know it was vacuumed, but I want to do it to our lawn. Our front yard has these big pine cone trees that do a number to our grass so it isn't very thick and it is patchy and I have to pick them all up before I mow.  It is a game for Isaac though.  He will see one and yell "CineCone".  We found a HUGE one on our walk the other day, that he just had to bring home.  So I suggest trying to mow if you haven't, maybe switch the vacuuming for mowing :).