Messy House. Do You Blame the Kids?

I blame my husband. LOL

I wouldn't so much blame it all on my kiddos, but my son does have a HUGE problem picking up after his self, and my daughter well she is only 8 months old so I cant blame anything on her yet! My lack of excitement to clean the house, isn't the same anymore, maybe because it is expected from me since I am a SAHM or maybe it is because I am sooooo tired of cleaning up everyone Else's mess! Hmmmm! If only I could wiggle my nose and it would be all done right?

The messy house is mainly the fault of the children-at least their room and the living room! But, the kitchen(dishes in the sink) and stuff on the desks, that is our fault(husband and mine)! But, it is hard to clean up something when the children decide to fight eachother just then!

with a 2 year old and 2 teens yeah its their fault ..LOL and the 2 year olds toys are in the living room ..LOL

If it's not the kids fault, then it's the hubby's fault =)

Now the mess on the couch, well that would be my fault, but in the long run without the kids taking up so much room in our house, I would have a dedicated office space and wouldn't need to put my papers in a pile on my desk ;)

Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it =)

Every thing except the kitchen is DD's fault! And even that I can blame on her because it's mostly her meals lol I keep telling her it's time to get a job so she can at least hire a housekeeper, but she never listens!!

Yeah, yeah I know she's only 2.. wishful thinking!!

Before I had my two kids, I used to be, well, I guess anal would be the polite way to put it.  My husband and I actually had an argument (before kids) about how many times he should be allowed to reuse his towel before I tossed it in the washing machine.  I didn't want it there for more than two days and to quote him "One week.  Two if it isn't stiff."  Dishes were washed immediately after supper, floors were mopped at least every couple of days, the vacuum was run every day without fail and there was never anything out of place on the desk. Now with two very active and energetic kids, I am lucky if he isn't demanding a clean towel because I washed school jeans for my daughter instead, I wake up to a sink full of dishes at least two or three times a week, I am happy if my floor is mopped weekly and the vacuum is run every couple of days, and I had to move a pile of misc papers just to get to the keyboard.  Before kids, I worked 60+ hours a week and my husband never helped out around the house.  Now I stay at home and my husband does a lot of the chores.  When I can't walk through my living room because it is piled with kids toys, books, coat and shoes, and I am thinking of putting brown tile in front of my back door to hide the dirt my kids track in because they do not remember how to use a door mat, I do blame the kids.

I blame most on my daughter!  She is 17, homeschooled and doesn't work.  I work a minimum of 3-4 days a week 12 hour shifts AND take 2 online classes toward my degree. Getting ready to add a 3rd next week.  She does NOTHING.  I blame only myself for the dishes.  Matter of fact if i don't do dishes today we have no clean dishes to eat on!  For people with kids less than 5 i'd blame it on them but older than 5 kids can do alot to help around.

My son is still pretty young, so he doesn't make a lot of mess.

I know that, in my mother's case, it is her kids. When my sister and I were growing up, my parents were very strict. We had to clean up after ourselves and we had lots of chores.

My mother is far to lenient with my ten year old sister and eight year old brother. They just travel from room to room making messes and refuse to clean anything up. It's terrible.