K's turn

Yesterday morning was a tough one at our house. I had taken some time off the day before for the Muffins with Mom/Inauguration & then left early for Bubs preschool teacher conference. I was trying to make up some time by getting into work early. A change in our morning schedule just seems to put us all on edge. K usually loves to lay in bed for 10 to 15 minutes until I finally yell at her from the kitchen to get up & get dressed. When you try to get going early, everything inevitably seems to take twice as long! It didn't help when the cord on our front blinds snapped in half while I was opening them. Great, now they don't close & I have to work on getting that part replaced. We finally made it out of the house, just not as early as I had hoped. On the way to K's school I even felt the need to apologize for be short with her. What a Wednesday morning it was!

K understood that it was a rough morning. And last night before bed, K said she was going to have a surprise from me the next morning (today). That was random, I wondered what she had in mind...

Daddy is usually up and out of the house at 2am. This morning as he was leaving our room ( I was half asleep in bed) we heard a thud. Both of us paused and I said, "please go find out what that was!" He went into K's room and I heard, "K----, what are you doing naked?" Then I heard her respond. "I was going to surprise mommy by getting all ready before she asked this morning." How sweet! I got up to tell her that was very nice of her, but she has to wait until morning. Daddy & I helped her put all her clothes on & then we put her back to bed. She slept right until I woke her up. The beauty of it all is that she was very chipper & ready to go. Even sat down for a bigger breakfast! I have to remember to have them put out their clothes ever night. It makes the morning go so much smoother.

(Mental note: remind both kids that they do not need to get out of bed before 6:30 in the morning.)