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| Written by OHmommy | |
| Tuesday, 07 September 2010 00:00 | |
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Monday at 7:24 am: "Would you like me to warm up this organic Ohio maple syrup for your first-day-of-school blueberry pancakes?"
Tuesday at 7:46 am: "I hear the bus turning the corner! Hurry. Eat the waffle."
Wednesday at 7:44 am: "Let's go guys, you can finish your bagel at the bus stop."
Thursday at 7:47 am: "Eat the banana! Eat the banana kiddos! Just grab your shoes and put them on in the bus. Yes, you can run barefoot to the bus stop."
Friday at 7:52 am: "Grab the yogurt-in-tube and I will drive you to the next bus stop." A barefoot me in pajamas drives after school bus yelling through closed car windows, "STOP THE BUS!!! Eat your yogurt kids. I SAID STOP THAT BUS!!! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day kiddos, eat. your. yogurt. STOP THAT BUS!!!!!!!"
Saturday at 7:03 am: "What did you say? What time is it? Go and grab a granola bar from the pantry before breakfast."
Sunday at 6:58 am: "It's not even seven, people. The babysitter said you didn't go to bed until eleven. Go back to bed - mommy doesn't start serving breakfast until seven."
Labor day Monday at 6:44 am: "Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Grab anything you want out of the pantry. Yes. I said anything."
Rinse and repeat for the entire school year ahead. Why bother even setting an alarm clock Monday through Friday or imposing a tight schedule during the work week? The more sleep they get during the week - the longer they sleep in. The more they stay up on the weekends - the earlier they get up. It makes no sense what-so-ever. Pretty sure that my little goof balls know exactly what they are doing. Because all the proof in the world is in those stubborn gray hairs that stick up like antennas every morning, on top of my tired head. |
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| Last Updated on Monday, 06 September 2010 21:47 |
Comments
You Really Should give them bagels, takes under five mins to toast and apply cream cheese, and is a LOT cheaper then going to Timmies for it,
Peace and keep on doing what you have to do to keep the kids on track at school!
Keep lovin' your kids.
I'm still in honeymoon stage with getting my kids off to school so I'm still perky and prepared. Give it a couple of weeks, I'm sure.
I was laughing and commiserating through this whole, entirely true post!
Big philosophical question:
Why is that kids often wake up earlier on the weekend than during the school week?
Is it hardwired in their brains? Some sort of pre set alarm going off in their brains, saying,
We feel some sense of achievement when our boys make the bus without both of us screaming over and over at them, "Just hurry up .. the bus is coming in x minutes."
My kids go to bed everyday between 7:30 and 8pm. My older sisters think I am nuts to keep them on "schedule" because we miss out on holiday dinners, family get togethers that occur with school being the next morning. What they don't get is the fact that my little darlings are little bitches if they don't get at least 10 hours of sleep in and then I have to deal with them later. And they are MEAN.
Even when I get them up and hour before the bus, yes that's right they are up at 6:30am, doesn't always mean we make the bus. Someone, Emma, is always forgetting something. So you are not the only one....
Have you thought about feeding your kids MREs or packets of freeze-dried astronaut food? Just think, a full buffet could easily fit in their pockets. Perfect for the bus!
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