Book Shelf Blocks

When we had our third kiddo, we hired a cleaning service called Casa Bonita. We love them. They come in every other week and do the stuff we hate to do like vacuum, mop, clean toilets, etc. One of my favorite things is coming home to the house after they've been here. It smells so nice and everything is shiny and clean. Sometimes I keep track of the time to see how long it will stay nice and tidy. Today, it lasted about 10 minutes. I had no sooner put down my purse and hung up my jacket when Ms. Ella Grace had already dumped out the basket of blocks that lives on our bookshelf in the living room. When her short attention span led her quickly to another activity, I asked her to please put her blocks away to help keep our clean living room nice and neat. To my surprise, she complied without the usual three-year-old argument. Later this evening after everyone was in bed, I went back to the living room and noticed that she missed a few. I also enjoyed the contrast of having kids' blocks stacked in front of my Stephen King collection.