Ok. Cleaning for me is definately first on my list of dislikes. So it frustrates me to have to clean up after myself and 3 little ones (sometimes 1 big one too.) So here is a strategy I learned from Parenting with Love and Logic. Give them a time limit to clean their own things, when times up you clean, but you just take it all away. They have to earn it back.
I wasn't sure if it would work, still not sure if it will long term, but here is what happened even before I was done with their room... 
They wanted to earn back the Dancing Princess night light. Grace said they were going to clean to earn back everything in the boxes. I wasn't sure if she was for real, but after she was done with the kitchen, she said she would do the girls' bathroom. I said she could do ours, and she she did.
They fight over who gets to mop. Maybe I should have started this a long time ago!!!
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I'm gonna try that with their Thomases. Speaking of, there was almost a riot the other day in Sammy's class. He brought the big Thomas you bought Benny for show and tell. The one with the fake steam. Any way, once he broke it out for show and tell the whole class wanted their turn right then.
Well you did not have to go to Love and Logic, you could have called your mother. She gave me that unwanted advice a long time ago. I guess she should stop trying to give me advice and give it to you!!!!!!!
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