They didn't get the hint...

Everybody got to pick a toy today.

My house now looks like shit again...

I guess they didn't get the hint after having NO TOYS last week...

There are books all over my living room floor as well as those 9 toys.

So I guess that tomorrow while they are in school I will be putting those toys all back in the closet and they also will be losing the book privilege...

Really? How hard is this? I thought that by giving them back one toy each it would make it easier for them to learn how to do this... Just put the damn toy away.

I really don't know what else to do. Really. Is the answer to my problem going to be to not let them have anything at all? If they have no toys, no books, no nothing, then they can not leave a mess. I asked them repeatedly to pick up the toys and books and I told them that if they do not do it, they will lose the privilege of having them. I am tired of yelling.

The whole point of my taking the toys and other things away and trying to teach them to pick up after themselves is because I don't want to yell at them. I am tired of yelling at them all the time. I should be able to say "Its time to pick up the toys, the kids are leaving soon, so lets get this done" and they should all do it.

It won't be a problem the rest of this week, cause after I get done with the living room tomorrow, there will be nothing for them to mess up...

I AM FRUSTRATED