For some reason when I ask my children to clean up THEIR toys and THEIR rooms and THEIR playroom it is as if I am asking them to cut off their own arms and hit themselves with them. They act as if those toys simply appeared all over the place. They get temporary amnesia and have absolutely no idea who took anything out or if they were ever even in that room. Fingers get pointed, arms folded, bickering takes place, and in the amount of time that this is all going on, they could cleaned all of the toys on the block. This doesn't stop me from making this insane request every night and for that reason I am certain that my children think that I am a slave driver with obsessive cleaning issues. (ok, that last part is sort of true). Now that being said, oddly enough, they will fall over themselves to help with such tasks as swiftering, taking out trash, wiping down the table, dusting, etc. So tonight I had help in abundance with these tasks and they actually did a pretty good job. They helped clean up after dinner, emptied all of the bathroom trashes and brought out the trash, swiftered the foyer, kitchen, and powder room and even wet mopped. They discussed among themselves how this was so much better than putting away toys. Sounds good - I like the help from the cleaning crew. :-)
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