I tend to rush around at about 5pm, picking up toys and tidying up everything so the house is nice and clean when DH comes home as he is a bit of a clean freak. Thing is, if he comes home early for some reason, or I really didn't have time to tidy up, he thinks the state of the house is "out of the ordinary" and i have remind him "no dear, don't freak out, the house alway looks like this during the day, this is normal". So no, you're not the only one.