Today was the perfect day for a great clean out as you can see in the photo above where the floor is gleaming. The kids are having a play date after school tomorrow and they house was a disaster in every room. It feels as though we are constantly cleaning and rearranging this house. I am sure when the kids are grown, I will desperately miss this activity. For now, I am sick of stepping on Hello Kittys, Yodas, and random Lego pieces. I was actually tempted today to pitch all the Barbies and extraneous super heroes in a bin liner. My kids wailed a resounding, "No." As a compromise, they cleaned or I threatened to fill my white plastic bag with an assortment of crap from their floors and the floor of the playroom.
After initially trying to play and call that cleaning, we had an understanding. I kept shaking my bag with glee. They worked a little harder. At the end of the afternoon, the house was mostly back in order. There is no way that I can finish this entire endeavour today. Really, that would require a back hoe and some landfill, but at least it will not be an embarrassment to open our home tomorrow afternoon to our new friends.
For some reason, this song by Tracy Byrd has been in my head all afternoon. Something today reminded me of when I lived in DC. I have no idea what that could be because I was definitely not sorting through children's toys at that point in my life. Since it is on eternal repeat, I share it with you:
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