there were 13 children at my house yesterday...

[booyhoo]

and 12 adults, all running in and out with food and drink and toys. and when they left the house was spotless. today with just me and my own 2 dc it has descended into chaos. how the hell can that happen?

Send 'em round here!

were your visitors an army of contract cleaners?

ha, no it was ds2's 1st birthday. i was expecting to have loads of cleaning and tidying up to do afterwards but it just wasn't messy at all. i'm paying for it now though.

selective vision? You were on a high, the house felt warm and welcoming a fantastic place to live.
Today adrenalin has left the building, you notice the smudges. Your crusading zeal has departed. Post party tristesse.

no, it absolutely was really clean and tidy yesterday even while they were all here. maybe because there was nearly one adult to every child, they just all tidied as they saw the mess happening.

ds1 is out in the sandpit now and ds2 is sleeping so i will tackle the rest now.