Today was all about spring cleaning. My Wonderful Husband started the outside spring clean up, pruning, weeding, etc. The kids and I tackled their rooms. I discovered a few things today. First, my children are hoarders. Seriously, I am worried about them. You have to know that I am a crazy neat freak. A place for everything and everything in it's place. Apparently that genetic marker did not make it to my children. They are hoarders. They stash crazy things in every corner of their rooms. They keep broken toys, scraps of paper, and everything else under the sun. The Princess has a purse obsession (that is also genetic and apparently it was passed on to her). But her purses are everywhere with every imaginable object stuffed in them. "How do you know where to find anything?" I naively asked them. Their pitying looks said, "Oh silly mother, there is a method to this madness." But in all honesty they can't find things and who do they come to when they are looking for the shoes that go on some doll, or the helmet for some guy, or one silly band in a thousand that they can not find? That's right - me - the official toy lojac. So every once in awhile I make them clean, and I mean really clean, their rooms and playroom so that we can not only see the floor but so that toys are put away in a place where they can be found. I know, novel concept. I am not a total slave driver. I share in this torture and help them clean, purge, organize, and today we even labeled. That brings me to the other things that I learned today. First, girls toys come with entirely TOO MANY little tiny unnecessary pieces. Second, my kids have too many toys and I think I should start re-wrapping toys for next Christmas. Finally I learned that my kids appreciate their rooms being clean as much as I do. They worked really hard today even though they complained a bit here and there. They loved the label maker and I hope that the labels help in my endless endeavor to KEEP THEIR ROOMS CLEAN. When everything was cleaned, they seemed to play nicer together (maybe that was my imagination). I took pictures of the clean rooms - they look so nice and I don't know how long that will last. But I chose to use this picture of The Princess reading on her bed in her nice clean room because I think it shows that a clean room is so relaxing.
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