Airing of Clean Laundry

Before I start, I just want to tell you how excited I am today. My youngest sister is expecting her first baby. 12 weeks along on Friday. She is taking part in this first time mom study of something something something, and gets her first ultrasound today. Exciting why? you can't see anything at 12 weeks. BUT, there's been a lot of talk of twins. Her husband is convinced, I had a dream about her having 2 boys, she got a really early positive test, she says she's showing already. All points to the possibility. Chances of having 2 sets in the family, not really good. But the chances of having mine were slim. So, we will know today. I wouldn't be surprised. And honestly... if you're going to have them? Get em first.

Back on topic. The biggest difference between 6 and 8 kids is the amount of laundry and food. Adding to the problem:
I have one boy, who puts everything in the laundry. Whether he wore it 30 seconds, to slept in it once, wore it to church that one day, it's a tie or belt, or it's a baby blanket he was supposed to put away as he was helping clean the basement.
Another boy that puts nothing in the laundry. I fold laundry on Wednesdays (after a week of washing and drying 7 + loads) and I notice #3 has nothing in his pile. Then I go search his room. There are his clothes neatly folded back in his drawer. Filthy. Because he also uses his shirt as a napkin.
My oldest, uses her bottom drawer as a laundry basket. I don't use it for that purpose. So when they are dirty in there, the laundry service doesn't do pick ups. And she runs out of school uniforms mid week. Ok, who am I kidding. I'm a bit up tight about laundry, so I do pick ups. I want them to have clean clothes and if I am doing laundry already I am going to do it all at once.
The husband is the same way. But at least his pile is in the closet next to our laundry basket. Sometimes inside of it.
Then I have the 2 yr old. I have never met a more dirt prone kid. She is always grubby. She has that hair, that even if you brush it in the morning, it looks like she just rolled out of bed by 10 am. Add to that the fact that she pees her pants when she's getting sick, or teething (apparently that's how she deals with discomfort?) and that adds to my laundry.
#4 comes home from school looking like she has lost the wars with her markers, everyday.
2, 6 months babies that are starting solids and crackers.
And me. if you have ever seen me at the end of the day, my shoulders are coated in cracker, spit up, snot. It's just life right now.
So if you look at my picture above you will see my living room mid 'laundry Wednesday' The 2 laundry baskets are full. One is the babies' and #4. They share a dresser upstairs. The other one is mine and Trent's. Our shirts are the pile laid out on the floor behind them. There's a pile for 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. Surprisingly, #2's isn't as big as it usually is. The towels I fold as they come out, but I have missed a few. I do the sheets the same way. The school uniforms are on the arm. Then there's the pile left to fold on the floor. It looks way more manageable now, before the folding begins, I have a pile about 2 feet high and 4 feet across. And if I'm lucky I can get the kids to help by making piles for each of the kids, so I just go from pile to pile. It's a little quicker. And because I like them folded and put away a certain way, it's on me. I hate when I spend that much time on laundry, only to have my kids go cram them into drawers they don't belong in.