The kids were busy playing all day yesterday. I was not able to spend as much time with them as I could. They made a huge mess. They did not clean it up. We will clean up the mess again. It takes the entire house to clean up that mess.
They had fun while they made that mess. Then they look at it and realize that it is so big and it will take a lot of effort. I get to tell them that I will help them take care of this. It goes faster when I roll up my sleeves and pitch in.
It will take time to clean up this mess. It is not the first time they have made a mess like this. It will probably not be the last time they will make a mess. It has taught me a lesson. They want to spend time with me. Either I spend time with them or I spend time with them cleaning up messes.