To be Annoyed with child who loves to 'rearrange' my house.....?

[froggydoo]

So I'm probably just being grumpy but I am being driven nuts by DDs friend. Whenever she comes round she can never just play with the toys / things in the house as they are, she ALWAYS decides to move cushions, blankets even furniture around. Sometimes it is to create dens, other times I have no idea what she is up to. She doesn't often ask, just does it.

One time I found all the sofa cushions in the garden. She had trodden mud into one of them and I was furious.

She is nearly 9 by the way - we are not talking about a teeny tot here. Drives me nuts.....

My SIL who was about 15 at the time would rearrange my furniture whilst babysitting.

I don't just mean a few cushions and ornaments. It was the whole bloody lot. TV, Sofa, Wall unit....everything!!
Used to infuriate me as we had a tiny living room at the time so were limited as to how best to put the furniture.
Soon put a stop to that.

Tell your dd's friend as soon as she comes, that she mustn't move any household items or she will have to leave, if she ignores take her home or phone her mother to collect.

A child that did that at my house would not be invited back again.

My sons had a playmate across the road who used to take food out of my fridge and cupboards! I didn't realise this was going on until I caught her at it and asked her quite sternly what she was doing. I just told her "We don't do that in this house. Come and ask if you are hungry/thirsty." she never did it again.

They were both about 7 and I'm assuming that my son's thought processes went "Wtf? Shit, if mum sees we're dead. I'd better not let on!"

Why not make her tidy before she leaves? I don't really get what the problems is tbh. If she won't do what she's told don't invite her back.

You're the adult.