… if you are Princess Morgan.
Step #1. Stuff two sleeping bags between your desk and wall instead of putting them away.
Step #2. Hide clothing under your dresser.
Step #3. Throw anything you don’t feel like putting away on the floor of your closet.
Step #4. Don’t put away a stack of clean clothes.
Step #5. Hide more clothes, clean OR dirty, between your dresser and wall.
Side note: Two hours after taking these pictures, Morgan’s room looked exactly the same.
I told her to at least put away the stack of clean clothes that had been sitting there for 7 days.
I went back into her room and found that stack of clean clothes in her hamper!
This girl sure makes life interesting.
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hey i do the same thing
seriously i do!
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Twitter: haglerhappening
March 23, 2011 at 8:44 am
LOL! You 2 would get along great then.
I will be sure not to share these instructions with my son
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March 23, 2011 at 9:42 am
Good idea. I failed to mention the books I found in her bed under the covers. She kills me.
That is when it all begins. Their creativeness to clean. My daughter is 15 (soon) and still has no concept of cleaning her room . Good luck with the training. I don’t dare show you her room it is to embarrassing. lol
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March 23, 2011 at 9:51 am
So there’s no hope for her, huh? LOL! She does get an A+ for cunningness.
Twitter: adriennemay
March 23, 2011 at 10:19 am
I wash clothes that i am 75% sure are just been washed and folded and we didn’t feel like putting away, all the time. My two girls also had a BIG fight over who was going to put 2 towels in the hall closet because one of them says that she “always does it”. Seriously?! I am so glad your daughter’s clean room resembles a neater version of my children’s clean room… under the bed and the closet are fav hiding places here too. Oh and “i don’t know where that goes” or “it doesn’t have a spot” are two favs also.
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March 23, 2011 at 10:27 am
Sounds like my kind of girl! When I was a kid I would stash things. I got really creative at it. I remember throwing toys in a pile and throwing a blanket over them. I would even set one teddy bear on top of the blanket to try and make it look pretty. Hmmm come to think of it I did just throw a blanket over top of a clean pile of laundry in the recliner. I guess I haven’t changed much. If I can’t see it, it’s not there!
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March 23, 2011 at 11:27 am
Lol. Is this what I have to look forward to.
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March 23, 2011 at 1:02 pm
AdrienneMay – I hear those excuses all. the. time. I constantly tell Morgan, “Don’t just put it down somewhere; Put it away – where it belongs.”
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March 23, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Rachael – I love it! I’m no neat-freak either. I get used to things being out & just stop seeing them there.
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March 23, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Leighann – Ohhh just wait.
LOL… my eight year old informed me the new terminology is… “re-design your drawers” instead of “go put your clothes away”. It seems to work on girls who like to ‘arrange things’.
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Twitter: Luigi
March 23, 2011 at 8:56 pm
Morgan! Morgan! Morgan! What are we goiing to do with you? Love youI guess! XXOO
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March 23, 2011 at 9:43 pm
That’s the only thing I can think of doing. =)
Twitter: theprodiva
March 23, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Interesting how your daughter cleans like my husband….wierd huh! Great blog! Definitely bookmarking. Had a great time at comment hour…see you next week!
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Wow, your daughter and mine must swap cleaning notes. That so could be my child’s room after she cleans it. LOL! You have a lovely blog and a new follower! I’m Stopping by from the SITS Comment Hour
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That is too funny! love your blog! new follower!
Twitter: kiyul
March 24, 2011 at 12:54 am
ouchh My room is more like her right now LOL
gotta get my ass kicked and do a deep cleaning since holiday will be over in 3 days hehe
thanks for stopping by my BLOG earlier
Twitter: Suec
March 24, 2011 at 6:09 am
Looks familiar! My kids are getting ever so slightly better at it – luckily *cross fingers*
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Haha! That’s great. I commend her ingenuity. I was never that clever at not cleaning my room!
Twitter: haglerhappening
March 24, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Neither was I! I love her spunk!
Twitter: OneMommy1
March 25, 2011 at 2:58 pm
LOL! I can’t wait for my own princess to start cleaning her room. I KNOW she will do that… She hates to help pick up now and she is only 3. Thanks for the pictures, too, they were great!
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March 25, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Ha Ha! Good luck with her. My boys are so particular, then I have Morgan. Gotta love her.
Twitter: imaginationsoup
March 26, 2011 at 10:17 pm
You’ve been in my office! and the living room, and the kids’ rooms. Funny post, I love it!
LOL — this is my daughter’s technique for cleaning her room, too!
LOL I feel your pain! Every few weeks, I make my kids take everything out from under their beds. It’s amazing what kind of crap they hide under there!
I’m no neat-freak either. It seems to work on girls who like to ‘arrange things’.
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