To take pictures of the kitchen & livingroom?

[justcallmethefixer]

And stick them on the doors to remind dc's (and me) what clean and tidy actually looks like!
Ds(15) & dd(13) are out, I've spent the morning pottering about cleaning both rooms I sometimes forget how nice they can be cleaned & tidied. It's not taken long so why oh why do they become pigstys with in minutes of us all being home

[LumelaMme]

YANBU.

I often feel like leaving messages around the place, like 'Can't you wipe the worktop?' and 'Are you all unable to top up the dogs' water?'

[justcallmethefixer]

It gets better, they are now staying out for the night so I get to enjoy a tidy home for an evening too

[LumelaMme]

Oh, enjoy! I know that pleasure.
It's a bit like the first day of term, when everyone goes out, I tidy up and nobody makes a mess for, ooh, a few whole hours.