You know your GC have visited when....

No kids or GC of my own (infertile) but loads of nephews and nieces by blood or 'adoption' who visit 'Auntie NameChange'.
After
teenagers visit: no more carbohydrates left - pasta, rice, bread or potatoes. After young school age kids visit: Glitter everywhere. After magpie 4 year old: All jewellery out and scattered across the sitting room. After toddler visit: An 'accident' behind the settee. I love them all very much but I do love the quiet once they've gone!

You find yourself exhausted and longi for a stiff drink at 11.55 am!

I have loved this thread. So much to raise a smile here.

As a relatively new granny, I haven't reached the same levels of household disorder as many here, but I just love the ritual of tidying the toys away again and now find I have a fridge that contains remnants of water-melon (his absolute ' hungry caterpillar' favourite) and left-over baby fromage fraise pots.

The toothpaste tube is mysteriously empty?

When there are no more chocolate buttons left in the sweetie dish and when there are muddy footprints leading from the garden into the lounge.

When the cat is sitting as high as he can on his cat tree to avoid being turned into a 'tiger'.

I'm glad the loom bands craze is over. I found those wretched things for months.

Cherrytree59, I find my Karcher brilliant for all sort of task & pavers and bricks.

Norah why didn't I think of that!
Agree about the pavers.

Must remember to get the karcher back from son

We've been eaten out of house and home
There's empty Ella sachets under the cushions
Food on the floor that should be on the table - or in tummies
Playdoh stuck into the lounge carpet even though it's only played with in the kitchen!!!
Meccano edifice blocking the stairs
Pennies sprinkled around after playing shops and arcades
The TV switched to a ghastly teenage US programme and somehow I can't switch it off!!
A sock under the chair
The missing crayon that couldn't be found but appeared under the table when they left
etc etc
Is it worth clearing up I ask myself as they'll be here again next week?

YouTube clips of skateboarders saved in 'My Favourites' on my laptop. A row of soft toys tucked into the spare room bed with the curtains closed. Kiss marks on the mirror. A cardboard box covered in crayoning and stickers. Marbles in the pile of the rug. Cushions and throws under the dining table. Crumbs everywhere.

Left over fromage frais in the fridge because you forgot to offer them.
Brio everywhere (other wooden train sets are available)
SAND

You notice the YES/NO game (you know, the one with the bell) is in the top of your wardrobe!

Sam the dog is wearing a hat

The biscuit tin has a bite out of all the biscuits

There is Lego in the fridge

Grampy has locked the door to the shed...... from the inside !

I am on my knees !

I wouldn't change it for the world!

The cupboard has half eaten pack jelly
The cats are hiding

When you get in the shower and it is stone cold as a 3 year old fire fighter has "put the fire out Granny" and switched off the plug with the red light!
Funnily enough his auntie did the same in her Granny's house 24 years ago!

I take the rattan to the pavers in the garden and use the karcher on it. Then I obsess about the pavers, lots of bits get cleaned at once, even the auto mats.

They've just left. My iPad is all sticky, the door handles are all sticky my feet stick to the kitchen floor, but they've washed they hands - honest - and there's youngest's soft toy, who he can't sleep without under the chair.

Can anybody tell me how to remove glitter from rattan furniture (lodged between the weave)
I have red glitter sparkling in the sunshine
Have tried vacuuming, hairdryer, washing and polishing!

The floor, table, chairs, cushions, and me have glitter all over us. And it stays for months no matter how many times you clean it up!

The cushions are all on the floor!

It's Yogi Bear for our DGCs. Every time, and we love it

How do Lego bits manage to hide so that they keep turning up months after the last visit of DGCs? Every time you hoover or sweep the floor there's another one, and they get under the rug which you know you lifted and swept beneath after they left!

When you wonder why a previously full pack of moist toilet wipes has mysteriously depleted along with the dry toilet paper (even when he has had the riot act read to him about it before!). When you just know that if you ask if he wants to watch a film, it is going to be Percy Jackson Lightning Thief - again - and again - and there is an abseiling Action Man hanging off the blind cord in his bedroom!

I was just about to post the same!

There is glitter everywhere.....

I know all the story books off by heart (18 month old ). My brain hurts trying to remember the names of War Hammer figures (14 yr old). I have no food left in the fridge. I haven't sat down for hours. I feel tired but very happy.