Monday, January 16, 2012

The Concept of Clean

If you're on my Facebook or Twitter page you probably saw that Natalie was taken to the ER because of a gash to her head. She's okay and I'll be sharing that story on Wednesday!

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“I cleaned my room!” Natalie said proudly. She took hold of my hand and pulled me down the hall. Then she pointed.



Um?

“Darling,” I said slowly. “I’m not sure you completely understand the concept of what clean is.”

Maybe we had been watching too many episodes of Hoarders.

Later on I told Natalie that she needed to clean her room. As in, REALLY clean the room.

“Okay,” Natalie agreed.

Five minutes later she came back down. “All done!”

I knew her room would take longer than five minutes. In fact, I was hoping it would take longer than five minutes so I could read some of my book in peace. I was a tad disappointed that she was back so soon.

I checked her room and saw this:




Natalie’s roommate in college is going to LOVE her…

23 comments:

  1. Natalie's room looks clean compared my teenager's room on most days! ;o)

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  2. Oh no, but I am almost sure she will grow out of it. :)

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  3. Oh my! Maybe she wants to be on Hoarders someday? :)

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  4. I love her concept of clean.i say we try to campaign to have this was the new way! I also love the way her mind thinks

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  5. Hehehe. My parents' biggest mistake was putting a huge window seat in my room. The under-seat storage area was great for helping me "clean" my room.

    Glad to hear she's okay (since I don't use Twitter, that's the first I've heard of it). Maybe hitting her head will magically knock some sense into her and teach her how to clean for real? Ha.

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  6. What is the big deal? Obviously she has grouped all the yellow and /or pink and /or orange items together. I think a mommy just needs to lower her standards. :)

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  7. She needs a big dumpster outside the window...

    I'm glad she is okay.

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  8. LOL!! My oldest was like this until the day she moved out....and became an OCD neat freak like her Momma!!

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  9. HAHAHAAAAAAA - your daughter's room looks a lot like my son's room.

    It makes me wonder why the heck I continue to buy toys...

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  10. Hmmm, yes, I think her concept of "clean" is different than the mainstream one.

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  11. looks clean to me!! LOL :) I'm having a great giveaway on my blog stop by when u can! xo
    http://pickinglilies.blogspot.com/2012/01/valentine-giveaway.html

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  12. Glad she's okay. The room could use some work though. . .

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  13. If it makes you feel any better, that's pretty much how my room looked ages 4 - 15. And now I'm obsessive about organizing and cleanliness EVEN if there's a bit of clutter

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  14. I like her concept of clean too!! That kid cracks me up!! I always love when your kids are featured!!

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  15. Her room makes me feel SO much better about my stepdaughter's mess - I think it's just normal :-)

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  16. My room looked just like that and then something clicked...now I'm a neater freak. Not a full on neat freak, but I do like my order. So you never know. :)

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  17. Well as long as everything in there is clean I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. Hehe!!!

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  18. That is exactly what my 9 year old boys room looks like. I'm so glad we're not alone!

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  19. Cleaning is just moving things to a different spot, right? She did great!

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  20. Heehee, that reminds me of when my daughter was 7, and she picked everything off the floor in her room and tossed it on her bed. Then she was crushed because I didn't think her room was clean...

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  21. Aren't you glad you have a blog so you have PROOF that she did these things? Just me? :-)

    Good try Nat! Good try!

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