It's A Miracle!

I never thought I'd hear my Brooke (of all my kids) say it, but she did. I asked her and Janelle to clean up their room, and set a timer, informing them that when it went off I would be going through with a garbage bag and they wouldn't have a say in what I threw away if they didn't have it cleaned up. When the timer went, Brooke ran in to me and breathlessly asked if she could keep cleaning "just a little longer??" My brain went through the scenario of all the different answers I could have given her, and I decided that the best way for me to get what I wanted was to go ahead and let her have at it! Feigning reluctance, I answered, "Yes, you can keep cleaning, but when you stop it's my turn." I later learned that their version of cleaning largely consisted of shoving things to the edges, but hey, they definitely put some effort into it. Yay Brooke and Janelle!