There was one day last week where I was really having a bad day, I was exhausted, had a migraine and just really felt like crap. Since I get the migraines often, my kids quickly pick up on the fact that mom is hurting and they usually just let me be and do their best to not fight with each other (that typically doesn’t happen but I know they do try).
I had left the house to go grocery shopping and they were sitting on the couch watching one of the ridiculous shows they like, Finding Bigfoot! I just shook my head and went out the door.
About an hour later I called the house to ask them something and when my son answered he was out of breath. When I asked what he was doing he just said, “we’re cleaning.” Wow, that’s something that is rarely said in my house so I didn’t want to jinx it and just left it at that.
When I arrived home a little while later, I walked in the house to find furniture rearranged, floors vacuumed and my kitchen, unrecognizable. They had cleaned up everything on the counters and found a place to put away each and every little thing. Needless to say, I think I went into shock!
They quickly took the bags of groceries and put everything away. They then pointed to the counters and said, “Mom, you see how clean the counters are? Now YOU best keep them that way!”
I thought to myself, I’ve never seen my kitchen so clean, it’s usually all their crap that is spread out all over the counters, and they have the nerve to yell at me! I smiled and gave them all a hug.
The counters stayed clean for about 2 whole days and then once again there were chemistry and algebra books, pencils, homework and old lunchbags back on them. It was great while it lasted!
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