My parents traveled a lot when I was a teen, so during the summers the house was frequently in the hands of us sibs. Actually, we were pretty tame compared to what I'd get up to if I had it to do over. Our neighbors would've done more than throw funny looks at our parents when they got home. But we were smart enough to buy anything we intended to drink, and to change all sheets and get in a steam cleaner if necessary. My older brother always insisted that the house would be TOOO clean, and they'd get suspicious....but they never seemed to.

Oh yes, we learned beer bottles are the perfect size to hide in or under the sofa. All furntiure got disassembled and moved during the post party cleaning blitz. ALL beds got fresh sheets, even if we all swore blind they hadn't been used for ANYTHING. Once, we got a steam cleaner....we never ever left wierd and puzzling stains on anything.

Come to think of it, if my kids managed to hand me a house that looked that good every time I got back from a business trip, I wouldn't give a flip what they'd done while I was gone . Maybe my parents had a better idea of what was up than we gave them credit for.