If the parents see that stuff and can't understand that sometimes it won't be spic and span, well, ya know, they have unreal expectations. Their houses are probably messier at the cleanest than yours is at it's messiest and they have a fraction of the kids for a fraction of the time.

RELAX.

Clean up before lunch (make them help!), tidy some more during nap, and clean up before everyone goes home (make them help!) with your final clean after they leave. That should be plenty...and anyone who says otherwise is crazy.

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