good morning

Daughter does not have any kind of routine prior to school. It was, sleep whenever she wants and wake up whenever. As first day of school approached, I tried to get her in some kind of routine which fell apart. Fortunately for everybody involved, she adjusted to sleeping early. It's just the mornings are difficult.

6:45 my alarm goes off. I go to her bedroom, turn on her CD and hope against hope that this will wake her up. Go downstairs and get her breakfast ready, which isn't much, all she wants for breakfast is her strawberry chocolate milk.

6:50 go back upstairs and wake her up. And it goes like this, good morning little toes, are you awake? She'd wiggle her toes. good morning little knees, are you awake? She'd bend her knees. and so it goes, all the way up to her head. Lastly, good morning megan, are you awake? and then I tickle her. Sometimes, it works, sometimes, it doesn't.

7:00 her alarm goes off. Crunch time, on days that above strategy doesn't work, this is when coaxing begins which sometimes leads to hard core threatening, my last resort.

7:15 finally, she's ready, we head downstairs and as she drinks her breakfast, I get her snack and lunch ready. (good girl point - 1: she takes her cup to the kitchen and puts it in the sink)

7:25 walk over to the bus stop, it's not that far, 5 minutes tops. But, man, oh man, is it BRRR cold in the morning. Wonder what it would be like come winter.

7:30ish bus arrives and her and joey boards the bus and take forever to put their seatbelts on, and off the bus goes.