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Playdate Politeness

Version 2

Burkepartyof_4
Contributed by: Burkepartyof_4 on August 18, 2007 at 1:48PM PDT
My girlfriends and I take turns each Wednesday hosting playdates for our toddlers/preschoolers. There are three of us moms and six children ranging in ages 3months to 3 years. We've kind of made it an unwritten rule that the mom who hosts that day will be left with a less than perfect house. Of course we help the children clean up the majority of the toys, etc., but the hosting mom is always left with a sinkful of dishes, a countertop full of clutter, and a carpet that's in need of a good vaccuming, and we're all ok with that. It's just too much to do it all when we're trying to get the kids packed up and out of the host's house. The fact that we've set this rule has made our guilt disappear because we all know we'll get our turn to clean and our turn to skate out as well!
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