Rules of a Mess

Here are my rules governing a mess:

If making the mess keeps the girls happy for longer than it takes to clean up, the mess is hereby deemed acceptable!

Acceptable Mess:

• Piling every available book onto the couch and then sitting on top of the pile to read.

• Taking all the toys out of the toybox so they can be used for merchandise at the local Zander toystore.

• Lining up cars on books pretending they are on the interstate.

• Filling the bathroom sink with water so Barbies can have a bath.

Unacceptable Mess:

• Coloring on the wall. Or on dolls. Or on the fridge. Or in books.

• Tearing pages of a perfectly good book.

• Dumping out any game or card game, then strewing them throughout all the rooms in the house.

• Finding a red Kool-Aid Jammer empty on the carpet.