Real life Day 2

So todays "real life' picture is of my boys room. I have two boys, one is 11 and the youngest is almost 8.  They have to share a room much to the annoyance of the 11 year old. They don't have the biggest room in the house but it's big enough to sleep in.
Unfortunately since they started sharing, this is how their room looks a lot.

Each of them has their own space for toys and clothes, but for some reason the neat pile of folded washing I give them to put away hardly reaches the draw it's to go in. The draws are always left open and the new carpet we put in can hardly be seen!

When I took this picture I opened the curtain so it would be lighter and my youngest was there with me. His comment was "mum don't open the curtain. Do you want everyone to see our messy room!"  I just laughed and thought how funny for him to say that. He has heard me too many times!

We can train our children to be who we want them to be but in the end they will be who they were meant to be. The mess in their bedroom is no indication of my parenting skills or an indication of who my boys are. They may have a few of their things lying around but it's not filthy, it's not smelly or disgusting.
It doesn't always stay like this. They do have to clean it up and now and then I go in and give it a 'mum' clean.

The worst part is they don't have a door that can be closed to hide it. When we painted we decided not to put it back on until we get new doors. It's hard to see sometimes but mostly I am just glad in my heart that I have two of the most amazing boys in my life and if I had no mess in that room, it would probably mean I don't have them.

Don't focus on the mess, focus on the person who made it and love them anyway.