Today, i was blessed with about an hour and a half of "free" time. My good friend took M to the park, and B fell asleep minutes after they left. then i hit M's room to CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN! i am sure i have mentioned here before that my almost four-year-old is a hoarder. i mean, possibly a few scraps of paper away from me calling TLC. so, cleaning her room is always an experience. i did my best to sort and get rid of all the extraneous crap that she collects as treasures (like a plethora of stickers that don't stick anymore, old business cards, and coupons- she's obsessed with coupons.) i decided it would be a good idea to pack up all of her polly pockets and small knick knacks and toys and move them upstairs for the party on saturday. there are going to be way too many kids roaming these rooms for me to be monitoring who is watching out for a 3cm long polly pocket shoe from the babies.
i moved so much stuff out, about 12 trips of shoe boxes and plastic containers worth, to the attic. yet, somehow, her room did not appear to look that different from when i started. at least there was no more dust.
actually, by the time i was all finished, her room looked great, and it was very exciting to have her come home, walk into her room, and react with an, "OH MY GOODNESS! How did this get so clean?!?" I told her it was the cleaning fairies. i told her that she should help them out by keeping her room clean. we also bribed her with a quarter a day if her room "passes" inspection. she was very excited by all of this, and even cleaned up her barbies after playing tonight (without being asked! amazing!) we'll see how long this lasts! hopefully, at least, until saturday!
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