Parent tidying: The art of moving mess from one place to another!

When your the parent to a toddler, or multiple children, it feels as though your forever tidying up. Yet at the end of the day when you throw yourself on the sofa to relax to the soaps all evidence of that is well and truly gone! On numerous occasions I've actually been guilty of taking photo's of my gleaming clean house just to prove to my OH that I don't just sit drinking cuppa's all day, encouraging Rio to cause chaos. Yes - I am that sad!

While tidying today I suddenly became aware that 'parent tidying' is totally different to 'pre parent tidying'.

Behold...Parent tidying: The art of moving mess from one place to another. (Where it looks relatively less messy).

First you want to pick up the washing. (Usually found around every corner of the house) & deposit on the top of the mountain waiting to be washed.

Now rapidly pick up all toys and shove them into toy boxes, only enticing your little one to scour through that very box while looking for whatever's at the bottom!

Then let your little one loose on the 'shake & vac' so the carpets smell fresh, even if they are currently covered in jam stains etc until you remember to actually pick up the darn and blast it carpet shampoo-ey stuff! Hoover with toddler in toe mimicking the very thing and tripping you over with theirs! ..Only to realise its 15 minutes until lunch time so that was a pointless expedition!

Whip out the baby wipes and wipe all skirting boards/surfaces!

 Seconds later your toddler spots where you've been hiding the play dough all week!

And the fun starts all over again!