They LOOK so innocent......

Steve got back from his business trip this morning and luckily the boys waited to trash the house until he had seen that the cleaning lady really did come this week. I've never seen 4 short people make such a mess so quickly!! I mean...on an individual basis they don't seem like such slobs. But when you get them together in a mob any rules of conduct seem to be completely forgotten. If one walks in the door and drops his coat where he stands then the next one has to do that too! Same thing with cups, plates, fruit snack wrappers, kleenex, socks, bread crusts, half eaten sandwiches....the list goes on and on. Don't even get me started on the toy messes. Noone really wants to play with the toys until they are all picked up. There seems to be something very intriguing about toys that are neatly organized and put away along with books that are neatly lined up on the bookshelves. If I had to pick one kid who does the most damage I would have to say it is Landon. He is sooooo sneaky. Last week he slipped away to make a mess in the master bathroom. He dumped my contact lenses down the drain and for some reason put the contact solution into a jar of skin cream...contaminating both. Yesterday he again hit the master bathroom. He rubbed lotion all over the sink, faucet and mirror. Again messed with the new bottle of contact solution and dumped a whole bottle of hair conditioner. In addition he opened Lawson's prescription skin cream and smeared that around with some bright blue toothpaste. Oh...and the toilet bowl brush was out of the holder....I don't even want to know what that was used for! By the time I got them into bed I was beat....I think I will be looking for a lock for that door tomorrow...or maybe some handcuffs....