So Many Reasons Why Not To Leave Eli With A Box of Cheerios ...

1.  The boy has intense curiosity.
2.  Paired with a desire to dump and shake.

3.  Mixed with a drive to follow a task through to the end.
4.  Added to the need of finding new ways to express his inner-drama. 
5.  Then of course there's the fun of crunching ... 
6.  And smooshing ... 
7.  And tossing ... 
8.  And squashing every little last ounce of Cheerios into the fibers of the couch ... 

9.  Until he spots the camera and stops all his activities to say ... CHEESE!  

Now all I have to do is teach him how to vacuum!