This month both my mom and dad are coming for a visit. I haven't seen either in ages, so I am beyond excited for them to come visit and spend time with the kids. The only downside is that I now need to start getting ready for them to visit. My dad comes to visit first, which is nice because he will be like my trial run.
I know most people make sure their home is clean when they have visitors, but I feel extra pressure right now. If my husband weren't deployed and my parents came to visit and the house was less than spotless, it would be okay because I have three small and spastic children. But now that the husband isn't here, a messy house is the sign of me not coping well with doing things on my own. In actuality, I am coping just fine and because there is only one of me here to shower the kids with affection, sometimes the laundry ends up being thrown on my bed only to go untouched for a week. I am totally cool with that. I sleep on the couch, so the laundry can spread out on my bed and relax as long as it doesn't mind spooning with the cat. I would hope that my parents could see that the toy room is a disaster and say "look at that, Miranda chose to take the kids to the museum rather than spend 4 hours anally putting away every toy" unfortunately that isn't how things work.
In no way am I criticizing my parents. I know that if it were me visiting my children in 25 years and their spouse was deployed, I might worry a bit if the house looked messy. However, I am hoping that after spending an hour in the house I would realize that I am sure my children did all they could, but with a child that steals the snail out of the fish tank and carries it around in his mouth, another that insists you are her personal DJ and the third that follows you around constantly asking if you are mad at her, that sometimes a clean house just won't happen.
Wish me luck as I battle the never ending mess that is my house!
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