We have the cousins spending the night tonight. 3 kids plus 2 more does not increase the noise factor to only 5. More like 20.
So this morning, I did my normal kitchen clean-up, and then decided to go pick up the rest of the house before leaving, so you know, there wouldn’t be too many gasps from the cousins whose mother always keeps her home neat. “Out of the mouths of babes” is only cute when it’s about stuff other than my deepest insecurity.
And what did I find? The house looked pretty much okay. Not party ready, but definitely kid ready. I straightened couch pillows, put away some shoes, and was ready to leave.
Weird.
It’s a nice feeling knowing that I’ve done laundry on Monday (including put-away so there’s no laundry mountain to be moved to the master bedroom). The bathrooms were cleaned on Tuesday, and I mopped yesterday. I didn’t vacuum this morning for time’s sake and because I did it on Tuesday before the grandparents came for my 4 year old’s party.
Go me!
GO YOU! Wow, you are starting to sound like a "normal person" here. :>)
“Out of the mouths of babes” is only cute when it’s about stuff other than my deepest insecurity.” Love that and can completely relate. A month or two ago my daughter’s friend (5) said ” why don’t you ever clean your house?” And later had to go get her hand sanitizer out of her back back before snack instead of using mine. The sad thing is that I had been trying ( I had a 6 month old and 4 other children under 10), but still hadn’t gotten much past the point of getting dishes washed and doing laundry (not necessarily folding it, but getting it clean.). It made me depressed for a few days and I still don’t want to invite people over even though I am doing much better on the cleaning front.