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November 18, 2009 By Dana White | 5 Comments

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I am very proud of my boys’ room. It looks so good, and of course, they’ve been playing like crazy in there now that they can actually find their toys. It’s amazing how that works.

I have no misconceptions, however, of how easily it can slip right back into it’s state of absolute chaos. Or how quickly.

But I do have hope. They always love it when they come home from school to a cleaned up room. But maybe this time is different. I know I’m different.

They have now seen that it is possible to have the house look decent without an impending visit from someone. I think they’re actually used to the living room looking nice. I was so excited when I had them clean the living room one day a while back, and they were able to do it very thoroughly without asking me a thousand times where to put something or having me come in to point out the things they hadn’t noticed. I think this is because they now know what it should look like, where honestly, they probably didn’t really know before. It so rarely looked “like it’s supposed to look” that to them, messy was normal.

They have both mentioned to me how much they love their room now and that they are going to keep it that way. When I showed them the spots where certain things should go, there was a light of understanding in their eyes, and it didn’t seem like I was speaking a foreign language.

So I have hope, but I do also know that it’s my job to train them. It is taking me a long time to build my habits, and it will take them time as well.

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  1. Maggie says

    August 15, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    Thanks for this. I get so frustrated, when I tell my girls to clean up the living room, and then I have to micromanage. Well duh, they don’t know what it’s supposed to look like. You’re so smart. 🙂

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  2. Trish says

    August 6, 2013 at 11:35 am

    I’m a new reader here and working my way through your posts backwards. I just have to tell you that YOU have given me HOPE! I didn’t know there were other people just like me! My mom, my sister, my friends~ all born-organized people! But I have new hope that I can change… off to go do my dishes! 🙂

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  3. Brittany says

    January 26, 2014 at 7:17 am

    I’m loving this blog! I’ve become a bit addicted. I found you less than a week ago and I’ve read to here. Yesterday I almost became a “brat” lol. I read where you had cleaned your boys room and I got…well…jealous? I mean you’re the slob that’s here to let me know I’m not alone, how dare you start doing better! LOL! Well I bit the bullet and cleaned the Master Bedroom. My poor husband came to bed last night and said “This is great. You did really good it’s nice being able to walk on the floor.” so I guess the kids’ room is next. It’s been worse because we just moved them in together so we could use the extra room as a playroom so it hasn’t had as much time to hit disaster mode, though it’s close!

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    • Dana White says

      January 26, 2014 at 5:58 pm

      So funny! And great job on your bedroom!!

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  4. Sabriena says

    July 5, 2019 at 1:04 pm

    I never thought of that! They have to know what it’s SUPPOSED to look like before they can know how to get it there!

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