The Life-Changing Madness of Tidying Up After Children : Batlee Press : 9781946193254 : 1946193259 : 29 Aug 2017 : Would you rather try to keep a tidy house with kids around or clean up after a tornado every day? It's about the same. When you're a parent, you spend a considerable amount of time working as an unpaid maid. You pick up something your kid left on the floor just so he can throw it down again. When you become a parent, your aspirations for a clean and tidy house soar out the window, flying on wings of impossibility. And maybe that's as it should be. From the voice behind the popular Crash Test Parents blog comes Book 2 of the series by the same name. With wit and eloquence, Rachel tells the true story of what it's like to dream of a tidy house and live in the reality of parenthood, where kids thwart your tidying efforts at every turn. The Life-Changing Madness of Tidying Up After Children includes hilarious and entertaining essays like: What Do Scissors Have to Do With