When chaos reigns

Over the past 6 weeks or so. We have been doing ALOT of work. Yes it is true, and we are not proud when we admit that certain aspects of life have kind of fallen by the wayside.
The washing hasn't been folded, the dishes are teetering in a stack in the sink, the carpet is covered with almost as much outside as ....well...outside. And to top it off, Alex and Olivia have at times run totally amok turning the inside of our place upside down.
One day I walked in to find Olivia sitting on the carpet with a brand new carton of cocoa. She had destroyed the entire box, but had somehow managed to avoid opening the white paper bag inside it - talk about heart failure.
Another time, she had found a red ink stamper and had pressed large red ink stars over the fridge, mirowave and cupboard doors. Clothes are so commonly pulled from drawers that it is expected upon entry to the kids rooms. Purse contents are spilled and strewn everywhere if left in sight, and even the sugar bowl has been overturned and dumped on the ground. Cotton balls were scattered all over the bathroom and pictures sometime hang skew-whiff as they are in this monkey's office.
But what can I say, they are 2 and 4 year olds and all this work is boring for them. What do we expect?
Many of the neighbours and passer-bys have commented on all our hard work and how our place is starting to look "lovely". We have even invited the more interested people to come out back and take a look, but God forbid if they should want to look INSIDE. Tthey would be in for a nasty shock, as might we, for we never quite know what disaster awaits when Alex and Olivia have been quietly playing inside.