Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. In today's video, I'm going to be doing an after dark
clean with me. This is a clean that I'm doing when all the boys are in bed. Every now and
then I'll do this if the house is a complete disaster. And today we've just had such a
busy day. The boys had school, and then clubs after school, and then we came home, had dinner,
we ended up painting some pumpkins and made muffins. And just did so many activities,
and I feel like I was really in the moment with them today and they had lots of attention.
And for that I feel like I've been a good mom today, but because I was a good mom today,
my house is the biggest disaster zone ever. Everything's been left out. So yeah, it's
just a juggle, isn't it? But I just know that I need to tackle this tonight or it's just
going to really get me down in the morning. So I'm going to spend an hour or so just tidying
up. So that's tomorrow morning, when we come downstairs, I'm not faced with this.
So it's actually the last thing I feel like doing tonight, but I'm going to put on some
music, or maybe I might put on an audio book on my phone, and then, yeah, just run around
and tackle this. And then I can reward myself by sitting down on the couch after I get all
of this away. And yeah, so this is the before, which I told you it was a complete disaster.
I mean, honestly, look at our utility room. We have so many paints out because today I
filmed a no carve pumpkin video. That will be coming out next week. So stay tuned for
that. I thought we would try not carving pumpkins this year because every year I just feel like
it's actually so dangerous. But anyway, that was the before. The first
thing that I'm going to do is put on a load of laundry. The boys had karate tonight. So
I'm putting on a load of whites. I try to hang on to our whites for karate night because
I know that I'm going to need to wash their outfits. So in that goes, and I'm also going
to put it in some Vanish Gold. I tend to always put in like half a scoop with our whites just
to brighten them up a little bit. So while that's going, now I'm going to tackle
our kitchen. There's just so much left out. There's still some plates. It looks like Caleb
never put his plate in the dishwasher, but he is normally the last one eating. So I'm
just going to try and get all of this put away. And then all the dishes into the dishwasher,
and I'm going to put the dishwasher on as well. I would normally do that as the last
thing that I put on at night, but because I'm cleaning, I might as well let it run.
And then I could also put it away at the end of my clean.
While that's running, I'm also going to wash the boys' cups by hand. I always tend to do
this because I feel like I clean them better than the dishwasher, and that sometimes the
dishwasher makes those cups to smell. I don't know if you think the same or if I'm going
crazy, but that's just what I always do. So I'm going to clean them, clean up everything
from dinner, get everything off of our counter tops, wipe them down. And then I'm also going
to clean our mirror splashback as well. Okay, so that is the kitchen looking so much
cleaner. So now I'm going to tackle the boys' play table. A lot of people ask me where this
little set is from. I had the chairs personalized with the boys' names and I've got this from
My First Years. But I've also seen a really good version of this in Ikea as well, which
was really reasonable. But we love it. They use it to do arts and crafts on or Lego or
Play-doh. It's great because it's the perfect size for them. So these are the pumpkin's
that we did earlier today as part of my video. Can you tell which one Jackson did? He really
wanted to make an Elmo pumpkin. So I'm going to display it there. I know they'll love to
see them in the morning. And then I'm going to put away all of their
toys that they've had out. They've had out some little board games and matching games
today, so I actually store these in our garage, so I'm going to stick them into our utility
room. Does anyone else feel that sometimes cleaning just involves moving things from
room to room, until they finally end up where they're supposed to be. But yeah, I'm just
going to straighten out the rug and the couch. This gets really squashed up. Caleb loves
to do headstands on the couch while he's watching TV. And we have a lot of throws but the boys,
especially in the morning, they come down and they're a bit cold, and they really love
to use these. So I'm keeping all the blankets out. I could also probably do with getting
rid of a few cushions, but I'm just going to sort it out for now.
Put all the little toys away and then I'm also going to tackle Jackson's little kitchen.
He got this last Christmas and it is a bit of an eyesore, but honestly he just loves
it. So I'm going to put everything back. And as I was tidying this ice cream cart up, I
noticed how disgusting and dusty it is and I thought, "This just looks like it's just
full of loads of germs." So I've got my Method cleaner and we're going to give it a good
wipe down. It was really, really quite bad. It also had some marker on it. So before I
put all the pieces back I just wanted to clean it up. And then that goes in the kitchen and
then, yeah, I'm just going to sort out all of his play food.
And next up is our dining table, which is covered in Lego. The boys have always been
really into playing with Lego and they have a Lego table to store most of it. But lately
they've got really into the sets, where they follow instructions and they build like a
dragon or a Harry Potter set or something. And it's been really difficult to find a way
to store it all because they want to keep it all together and they want to keep the
instructions, so it can't go in the Lego table. And I literally don't know what to do with
all of this stuff. I might have to get like some little storage boxes or something, I
don't know. But anyway, now that that is all wiped down,
I'm going to tackle, this is the worst room, I think tonight, the utility room. And because
it's out of sight, it's kind of hidden, it just gets worse and worse as the day goes
on. I just keep shoving stuff into this room. So I'm going to put all the paints and craft
things away. I have these two little boxes from Poundland and I'm just going to stick
all the paint in there. And then I can hide that away into the cupboard. We've got pom-poms,
glitter, everything that I used for today's video. But I also don't want to get rid of
anything because these things come in handy if I'm ever looking for something to do with
the boys. But anyway, I'm just going to clear off all the side there and put all the board
games into our garage, wipe everything down, and hopefully it will look a lot better.
I'm using an E-Cloth to wipe down all of the surfaces. I really like using them because
they never leave smears on anything and you don't need much product. But I also wanted
to show you this. I've just created this. I bought this marble tray on Amazon. It was
19 Pounds. It's fake marble, but it feels really sturdy. And I basically copied what
someone did on Instagram. I follow this interior's account and she had a marble tray with the
soap and then a little towel. And I thought it looks so nice that I wanted to recreate
it. So yeah, there you have it. I really like it anyway.
But yes, now that that is all clean, I'm going to sort out the laundry. The whites are done
now. And with our whites we tend to air dry the majority of it because most of it's school
shirts and stuff. So I'm only tumble drying a very small amount of it. So I'm just going
to sort through it, empty the lint drawer, put that on. And then air dry the other part
of it. And I'm also going to wash one of the couch throws because I noticed it had green
marker on it. And to be honest they just get really messy. And whenever I washed the throws
I tend to put in some Unstoppables because I feel like it keeps it smelling really nice
for a long time. But anyway, that is our utility looking so much better. And the last thing
I'm going to do is just quickly run around with the vacuum. It's such a small room, it
takes like two seconds to do this. And then I'm also going to mop this room as
well, with my little spray mop. This is my Addis spray mop. I get so many questions about
it and I know so many of you guys have bought it. You basically fill up this bit with floor
cleaner. I'm actually using a Method one that you don't need to dilute. And yeah, you can
just spray and mop as you go. And I really like using it.
So anyway, then I'm going to move onto our living area and hoover. I feel like you can't
really see on the camera at the moment, but this was so messy from the glitter pumpkin
that we made today. There was just glitter everywhere on that rug. And this rug has pretty
much had it. Like someone actually commented on my last cleaning video, "It's time to get
a new rug. It looks terrible." But the thing is I've got three young children and they
eat on it, they get glitter on it, they get dirt on it, like it's just going to get ruined
anyway. So I think I'm pretty much just going to wait now until Jackson's five to do any
home updates. We could probably do with a new couch and things like that, but there's
just no point with small children. But anyway, now I'm also going to hoover under the bar
stools and our dining table as well. And then mop the floor using my spray mop as well.
The
dishwasher cycle was all done so I thought I would put everything away just making it
one less thing to do in the morning. I also get quite a few questions about this little
grassy thing. I think it's actually for drying bottles on, but I love using it for the boys
cups and paint brushes and just random bits. And I do get people asking me what is that
little like lawn thing, but it's literally just for drying stuff. But anyway, I'm just
going to vacuum the kitchen and it's just died. It has like a 20 minute limit. And a
lot of you have been asking what I'm preferring, the Dyson or the Shark, but I'm using them
for different things really. I find that I'm using the Shark for my deeper cleans, but
I'm still using the Dyson for like my quick like, "Oh, there's crumbs under the table"
type cleans. Then I'm going to put all the boys clothes
out for tomorrow. I do this every night, just line it up on the banister. And then I feel
a lot more ready for the day and it's just easier in the morning. The boys can grab the
clothes that they need. But anyway, that is pretty much everything. I'm just going to
finish off this mop. And then Matt arrived home and because I ran the half marathon at
the weekend, I am literally in so much pain, so I'm just going to go over to the couch
and die. But thank you so much for watching. I'll see you my next one. Bye guys.