Cleaning... Cleaning... Cleaning...

Yesterday I polled my kids when I was tagged a quiz in Facebook.  One answer came up a lot: Cleaning.  In an effort to show you that I'm not a crazy neurotic clean freak (you know, my Mom) I'm going to give you a peek into my son's room on a typical morning.  Now, my kids are animals and can trash a room in under 30 seconds.  Don't believe me?  Look at these pictures (Caution: these can be very upsetting to the neat freak.  You've been warned).

See that pile of clothes to the left? Those are CLEAN folded clothes that were supposed to have been put away the day before.  You know the drill, "Boys.. here are your lovely fresh clean clothes.  Please put them away now."

"Yes Darling Mother who takes care of us like no other... we will put our clothes away now because we love you and want to show you how much we appreciate all your tireless work."

This bed was made yesterday.  This bed looks like this everyday.  What kind of nightmares is this kid having that the sheets and blankets have to be redone everyday?

And this is what you see when you walk into the room.  See that red thing?  Don't have sons in sports? It's a cup. I'm sorry.. but, that's just nasty and I ain't touching it.

So I'm not asking for perfection here but I admit I clean all day everyday.  But, if I didn't--we couldn't make it to the door without tripping which probably a fire hazard.  But I promise that the next time I see their freshly folded laundry on the floor of their closet instead of in their dressers I will not yell, "Get in here you rotten little gremlins..."  I will say, "Dearest children, you must not have had time to put your clothes away... let me get that for you."

Yeah, right.  ;)