Last week, we spent the entire day cleaning. The house looked worse than when we started.
My children seem most comfortable with a certain level of clothes and toys covering their floor. I never considered myself a neat freak - hey, messes happen - but I'm quickly re-evaluating that opinion. I feel like I'm constantly telling one of them to pick up. Shoes, construction paper, dishes, books, Play-Dough. It's all spread evenly throughout my house. And I have neither the time nor inclination to stand behind them, ensuring the job is done.
That's why the house looks the way it does. And I'm so tense. My long term goal hasn't changed: my kids will learn how to pick up after themselves. But when company's on the way, I may have to change tactics. Who wants to play outside?
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I smiled as I read this. I've been there many times. Once I told my son to pick up, and he said, "Mommy, why don't you do it?" Another time, I cleaned his room before relatives arrived. When he saw his clean room, he ran in to tell me, "Mommy, I cleaned my room!"
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