House Cleaning

I woke up this morning and looked at the dog hair slowly wafting over the wood floor. I looked at cookie crumbs and dried mac n' cheese on the table. I saw socks that the dog had dragged from the laundry pile on the floor in the TV room. Our house was a mess and adding another kid this afternoon was going to put in in the pig-sty category. So I told the Twerps that in order to pick up their cousin from Grammy's house to stay the night, the house would have to be clean.

Note: Twerp #1 LOVES having his cousin over. They are the same age by a month and play so well together...they have ever since they could crawl.

I had barely gotten the words "the house would have to be clean" out of my mouth before Twerp #1 was cleaning. He cleaned the bedroom. Then he went in the TV room and picked up that just before he picked up the living room. He put toys away, socks in the laundry basket, blankets back inside the coffee table, and anything else he saw. He set up the wood nativity on the fireplace. Then he started unloading the dishwasher. Then he rinsed the breakfast dishes from the counter and the kitchen table and put those in the empty dishwasher. Then (now this is something not even his father does) he washed down the kitchen counter tops. Twerp #2 meanwhile put the shoes away and started to wash the kitchen table and chairs. This is one of her favorite chores. Twerp #1 proceeded to get out the big vacuum and start vacuuming the wood floors and Twerp #2 got out the small vacuum and started to vacuum up the crumbs under the kitchen table. Between the two of them, there shouldn't be that much to vacuum later!

I took my shower and got dressed and am just sitting her watching all this unfold. I think we'll have to have Eve over every day!

Merry Christmas!

PS. I bet you're wondering what Twerp #3 did. Nothing. He sat on the couch watching TV the entire time. Actually, he got out some toys to play in his room and left them on the floor...which bugged Twerp #1 because he'd already cleaned up that room. So...Twerp #1 had to go back into the bedroom and put that toy away again. Yeah, I've got a lazy Twerp #3. Something else to work on...