What's on the floor of your kitchen?

• 4 pennies
• half a pretzel
• fly swatter
• deflated water wing
• toy car
• post card from Venice
• post-it note
• lid to something
• ribbon

I've heard it said that cleaning a house with a toddler around is like shoveling snow in blizzard. I agree and it literally takes hours to do the same task with "help" that should only take 15 minutes. The other day I decided all the toys needed to be moved out of Emma's tiny room so the crib could be set up. I began sorting toys and my piles kept disappearing (that was my helper). By the end of the afternoon I was quite proud of my accomplishments: book shelf organized, toy chest (now in the living room) with toys in it, broken or nasty toys thrown out, and unplayed-with toys disappeared to the give-away pile. I even managed to get Emma's room clean, I swept the whole house, cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom. This took me an entire 7 hours. I wish I could say I was this productive every day, but that was truly tiring. Making messes is much easier (I am just going to sit inside for awhile and watch the blizzard).