For Chinese people, cleaning right before the CNY is suppose to sweep away bad luck from the preceding year and prepare for good luck in the coming year. This year b/c we live in Asia I feel the pressure to clean clean clean! Luckily, our live-in helper is here so she did all the vacuuming, mopping, bathroom cleaning, and dusting while I did the organizing and decluttering. All the while all three boys (husband included :P) played all day. And now all three boys are napping! Their life is so rough! Since having kids I think this is the first year I actually had the house cleaned almost from top-bottom. If it wasn't for our helper I probably wouldn't have done such a thorough job. Here's to hoping we have a better year! Last year was definitely rough! Happy New Year!!!