Saturday, January 22, 2011

Oh, Abby.

So, Abby is really good at making messes in her room. I am really good about fighting with her to clean it until I just get mad and do it myself. The latest battle has gone on, oh for probably two weeks. Don't judge me, I have still been feeling crappy;), not that I think you are judging me. My house isn't perfectly clean-ever. Anyways, back to our battle. So I left the house for about 45 minutes today and told Abby she needed to make it clean enough for me to tell a difference. Oh boy. I came home to this:


This ^^ is the entire contents of her closet, thrown into the middle of the room. The closet is what I wanted her to clean, by the way. So I get home and she BEGS me to help clean it.




See? Nice and clean. Well, I finally got so fed up with it I went in and emptied out 2 overflowing garbage cans. Mind you, we still use Ben's metal garbage can that is a 30 gallon one. Ugly, but it does it's job. So let's just say it should be A LOT easier for her to clean her room. Am I the only one who fights with their kids about this? I am open for advice;)
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  1. Logan and SydneyJanuary 23, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    My mom did the same thing. She threatened with a big black garbage bag and all the stuff on the floor went to the dump or DI depending on what it was. I cried for a while but mostly I cleaned my room.

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  2. McGinnis FamilyJanuary 23, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    Oh gosh! I have the same fight with my kids!!! It's a constant thing and frustrates me to no end! Somedays they clean so well and it looks great but, that is not very often. I'm sorry to say that I don't have any great advice. Only that I understand. If you find a way to get them to do it, let me know! :-)

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