Sunday, July 12, 2009

Slow Schedules on Sundays

What day is the day you go off schedule? Yes, I love having a schedule with the kids but it's also one of those things that easily cross that thin line to not loving so much. I am getting up at 7:00 (thanks to my little J who is tapping me saying "Mama I want you to come downstairs with me"). J has done his usual of getting himself dressed which means everything down to his underwear are on inside out and backwards. I've tried explaining to him the tag goes in the back, but he just says "Oh, okay Mama" and then he's off to play and will have his clothes on the right way until he needs to use the restroom or accidentally gets himself wet in the back after trying to water his plant. That boy can go through 3 or 4 sets of clothes in a day!
I come downstairs to see D is already getting out breakfast for himself and making J french toast in the toaster oven. Now if I really think about it when they're in school they are normally eating breakfast at this time. This is when (right now) I wish they were just a little off schedule. The two older ones have come to realize if they are patient enough to wait for me to have some coffee, look at the paper a little, and talk with Hubby they will get a "real" breakfast when I am ready to start. Sometimes they might get a little restless waiting. This is when they start to come over to see what I'm doing and casually walk away. They come back and ask what time it is in front of me again, they walk away. A few minutes will pass slowly they stroll back in the room, sitting down on the couch, here it comes they finally ask, "Mom, are you going to make breakfast?" I tell them "Yes, when I am ready to". Mom Jr. says "well, are you going to do it before the afternoon?" Then Daddy says "what time is it?" Now I know I hadn't been sitting down here that long for it to be anywhere near noon time. Jr. says "it's 8:30". Well, I know one thing for sure, these kids could never make it to a Sunday Brunch! Alright, I get up, make breakfast and for the amount of time I spend preparing and cooking it sure vanishes in a blink of an eye. Okay positive outlook, I have that much more time to stay out of the kitchen before their lunch timer goes off.
Sunday, is one of the days I'd like for them to go off schedule, heck, who am I kidding I'd actually love Saturday too!

Just a Mom saying "hey kids slow your roll at least on Sundays"

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