Speed

Seems to me that no matter how much cleaning or how fast we do it, the kids are always faster.

I no sooner finish putting a basket onto the shelf, turn around, and it is all over the floor again…. and you never seem to be able to catch which kid did it, either.

Of course, there are the usual suspects, but somehow they always manage to be off in another part of the room looking totally innocent.

There are a few things I have found that can help:

Never leave the puzzle centre unattended! And always have only 1 or 2 puzzles out at a time. It can be very time-consuming to have to sort puzzles - even when they are fairly simple ones.

If children are old enough, have them put their name on a chart for the area they’re playing in - then you know which kids should be helping to clean it up.

Wear running shoes and move fast

oh yeah - and don’t let cleaning fluids spalsh in your eyes, either.