Mornings

I don't know how school mornings at your house go, but this is a typical morning at our house:

5:15am Mom wakes up, has a cup of coffee

6:00am Mom wakes Dad up for a shower

6:30am Mom wakes kids up for the 1st time

6:45am Mom wakes kids up for the 2nd time

6:50am Mom gets breakfast ready for 4 kids,

hoping that child #5 will sleep in

7:05am Dad helps Mom get 4 kids dressed, brush their teeth/hair, get socks and shoes on

7:15am Mom/Dad ask Ella if she has done the above tasks as she as what we refer to as ADOP- this would be A-attention D-deficit O-"Oh" P-"Pretty". If you are unfamiliar with

this diagnosis, it typically affects young, blond girls who tend to have difficulties getting

ready in the morning (well really at any time of the day).

7:20am Dad gets his thermos and heads towards the door; realizes that he has

forgotten something, the girls follow him back upstairs and become involved with

a new task

7:30am Dad, Peris, Ella, and Fiona leave

7:35am Mike complains that the bus is late

7:40am Mike leaves

And if Mommy is lucky, Emmy sleeps until 8am and she gets a second cup of coffee before being required to make one more breakfast. Yes all of this activity before 8am-is there any doubt why we are exhausted before the day even begins??