It was NOT an April Fool's Joke

Last week, I posted pictures of the terrible state certain rooms in my house were in. And though I did the work I was supposed to do my children most certainly did not. My plans fell apart. I was going to push them and I didn't. I asked them to clean their rooms and Liam did a fair job, Taylor cleared some of the mess that you could see from the door. Within a day or two though, the floor was back to being covered by clothes and other crap, including the bag of gargage she never bothered to throw out.

The whole purpose of posting the pictures on here was because those rooms were in such a state that I needed to hold myself, and Taylor and Liam, accountable. Well, Taylor and Liam could care less what I post on this blog. I, however, was pretty ashamed. I was supposed to post the results by Friday and really? Taylor and Liam's were still pretty disgraceful. I wish that post was an April's Fool joke but it so was not. I'm not sure if you guys are really gulliable or just didn't read the entire post. But I am glad that so many of you have proof that your house is cleaner than someone elses. I say that about my neighbour. Yes, it is true...there are houses worse than mine!!! But keep in mind that I didn't show you my main floor which is generally okay (and really good today because I spent my entire afternoon deep cleaning my livingroom.) You've seen my kitchen before, once upon a time. Picture my house that way, not the messy befrooms way! Please!

So on with the pictures:

My formerly messy closet floor. There are still 2 containers of scrapbooking paper and stuff I need to go through, but generally it's not too bad. Oh, and I never did get to the top shelves, but at least those containers are out of the way. Now that the floors in the closet are cleared, I am constantly finding the girls playing in there.


Liam's room. He's hiding under the blanket there, didn't want me to take a picture of his room which is back to being a mess.


Taylor's room. Yeah. I think it is worse now. They are off school early on Thursdays so I have said that if there rooms are not clean by Thursday evening then don't even bother asking to get together with friends over the weekend. I am sticking to this. I am not asking for the perfect bedrooms, I just want them to be reasonable.


The girls room. This room was cleaned before I even posted the original pictures and it has stayed that way. I go in everyday and have them both help me pick up whatever toys they were playing with. We have also taken down Sophie's crib and taken the toddler bed out of our room- finally! Sophie is sleeping in the twin bed as Saoirse wants the little one. Not that she sleeps in it of course.


A fairly clean closet. They have too many clothes, I think.


No more crib.



Taylor did clean the bathroom, and they have kept it pretty clean.


They are even wiping up the toothpaste in the sink. Or they aren't brushing their teeth. Probably number two knowing my two.


I really don't know what I can do to have the older two (especially Taylor) keep their rooms clean. I hope the threat of no friends over the weekend works. As for myself, I'm now following a cleaning schedule and so far it is going really well. If I know I have to clean the three bathrooms before I go out with the girs to the park or turn on the computer than I'll get going first thing in the morning. My problem is that I will fart around all day and get nothing done. I'm working on that one.