What a crazy 3 days it has been...

Since Sunday it has been a circus at our house. The girls have been in full chaotic moods and have had some listening problems more than ever. I have been such a doormat for the the last 4 years that they just don't want to listen to what I have to say since no matter how much I threaten, I never follow through with what I say so they have taken advantage of that and make it work for them since they are now older and a lot smarter than they used to be lol. Their toys have taken over our house and it has become unbearable. Their room was a total disaster area, it made a town hit by an F5 tornado look like it was never hit at all. Monday we were suppost to go to Ellenton Outlet mall with some of our friends but David had told them before he left for work that they need to clean their toys up in the living room/playroom area. Well, needless to say I continued the "you need to pick up.." all afternoon and even tried bribing them with "if you pick this stuff up(which would have taken a quick 10 minutes) we can go outside before it rains..." well... time flew by and I picked up more than they did then David got home and it was a repeat of punishment from earlier and finally they got their stuff picked up since David seems to get them to do stuff, but it was 5:30 already... so time for dinner and an early bedtime of 7pm. Tuesday we were suppost to go to the Zoo with my grandparents, cousin, her baby, and my aunt, well, since the girls behaved so badly the day before I just couldnt reward them for their bad behavior regardless of what was going on the next day as I am NO LONGER a doormat for them and they will not be crazy kids when they grow up because I let them get away with not cleaning up, etc.. So we didnt get to go to the zoo which was upsetting for me and they acted like I never said what we were not doing today... So not only were they not allowed to go to the zoo, they had to clean their train wreck of a bedroom. I wish I would have taken a before picture since you wouldnt have even been able to tell what color the the carpet was it was that bad. After 6 long tortured hours their room is finally clean. I didnt stop until 8:30 last night with the exception of a break here and there. I feel good that now their room is clean and I even hung some of their cute Gymboree purses and other ones up in their closet on the wall. I have a list of shelving units I want to get from Ikea to put in their room to get rid of the rubbermaids that hold a lot of their toys. That is my goal for the summer, to get ALL their toys/craft stuff/etc all organized and purged. Oh, and I threw a garbage ball full of trash and 2 garbage bags full of toys to get rid of as well and I still have 2 more rooms of stuff that their stuff is scattered in!!!! Purging is a hard thing for me to do but I am just so over it all, I am ready to let go!! Today has just been a relax and continue to work on things here and there to keep up with it all. I had about 4 loads of towels that I had to fold and accomplished that!! Well, this has been long enough, if you made it this far, Thanks!! Until next time!!! oh, I will get a picture of their clean room on here soon!