Closing Up Shop Together

"Why not, we've been home with the kids all day?"  It's pretty common and pretty understandable when the stay-at-home parent says this.  But I'm convinced it is not that simple.  It is similar to the working parent coming home and saying, "Just let me relax. I've been hard at work all day."  Neither my wife nor I use these phrases, though we've both been encouraged to.  We like to think of ourselves as a family business, a mom-and-pop shop.  Right now, I run the office, while my wife runs the customer service.  My department closes a little earlier than hers and requires no clean-up, while her department closes later and requires a great deal of clean-up.  I don't think it would work out well if I walked out of my office door into my wife's department and relaxed while she mopped up the mess.  I think it would be just as bad if she handed me the mop and said, "Later!"  I grab another mop and we close up shop together.