Time..
Monday night, 11.45 pm – Check timetable for the next day. Tip-toe round Bella’s room looking for reading book, find under her covers, put in school bag. Do the same for Charlie (on the floor. The book). Collect up homework, put in bags..the RIGHT school bags (been there before) Put said bags by door. Find all four shoes, leave by door, ready. Stuff for piano lesson? Sorted..Swimming for tomorrow?..Gym stuff? Done. Mobile charging, keys ready, purse in a sensible place? Tick. Lay out Bella’s uniform. Lay out Charlie’s uniform. Put a wash on in the utility room. Go to bed.
6.25 am – The Husband leaps out of bed, full of joy and runs down stairs to start breakfast.
6.30 am alarm actually goes off. Roll over like a sack of potatoes.
7.00 am Children get up and start fighting.
7.05 am ‘Charlie put your socks on’
7.10 am ‘Charlie put your socks on’
7.15 am ‘Charlie put your socks on’
7.20 am ‘Charlie put your socks on’
7.25 am ‘Charlie put your shoes on’. Husband leaves..he no longer says ‘have a good day’..just wishes me luck.
7.30 am ‘Charlie put your shoes on’
7.35 am ‘Charlie put your shoes on’
7.40 am ‘Charlie, why haven’t you eaten breakfast?’
7.45 am ‘Charlie brush your teeth’
7.50 am ‘Charlie brush your teeth’
7.55 am ‘CHARLIE PUT YOUR SHOES ON’
8.00 am Open door to go…it’s raining..you need raincoats..where ARE your raincoats?
Spend the next 10 minutes looking.
late….
AGAIN.
xxxxxxx
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Oh dear, that’s like seeing my future in a glass ball 🙂
Plus one! x
Ha ha, what is it with children and shoes? I used to look after my cousin a lot when still in Italy: the only footwear she wasn’t adverse to wearing to go out were her wellies. You can imagine in Italy how often you actually need to wear rain boots… Needless to say 9/10 times we looked ridiculous.
Shoes..and gloves when it’s cold enough are literally the bane of my life..
haha!! I know that feeling!! It’s one thing to get yourself out the door (already challenging for me!), and then you add kids into the mix!!
Honestly it starting to drive me slightly demented..everyday I try..every day something else trips us up..and every other the day the teachers add something into the routine just to test me a bit further..
In 3 years time , counting every minute, I’m finished with “school”. The older one is already in the University and the younger , well, we are counting …3 left!!
I am finding myself on repeat..’This is not rocket science’ ‘If you’d just done this when I first asked we wouldn’t be having this conversation now’…I’m ageing with every phrase…
*hands over cup of tea & biccie * xx
Whisky and biccie if I say please?!
I slipped some into tea. Shhhh 😉
Bless your–and Charlie’s–cotton socks! 🙂
b.a.n.e. o.f. m.y. l.i.f.e. ..to the extent I now buy him adult socks so he can get them on without complaining..well, that’s the theory..
Oh well. You sound like a very patient mom. And did Charlie find his mac? XXXXX
NO!!! I made him wear his blazer in the rain with mutterings of heading to Lost Property at school…thankfully for his the Gods were smiling and we found it on his peg. FLUKE! xxx
Hahahah omg that is exactly my family hahahah 🙂 xx
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Today I was ranting about ‘taking a horse to water but you can’t make him drink’ as at zero hour – eight o’clock – no-one had eaten their breakfast. I swear they think I’ve lost the plot..I think I might’ve..
Ha ha love this post! Sounds just like our house in the morning. Sadly my husband doesn’t make breakfast although he does always bring me up a cup of coffee! Why is it that kids never seem to hear when you ask them to get dressed/eat breakfast/brush teeth but you can bet your life that if I said ‘Go on have a quick play on the iPad before school’ they would hear first time. X
I swear they hear the sound of my voice..and switch off. The only thing that is working is the threat of deducting pocket money..It’s got to the stage where we have a running list pinned on the notice board – it is my only weapon of power xxx
😀 Hahaha and it doesn’t matter if they’re 2 or 6 years old, it’s always the same story 😀
Have a very good start into the day, wishing you that your kids find all their stuff and actually get their act together 😉
I will never ever blame people with children for being late, that’s a promise ! xxxxx
I have a good friend who was a teacher who was always exasperated by late children to her class..now her views are changed! Honestly, there is always something..I had one morning when Molly the dog had done a poo inside Bella’s boot….
Yuck !
Oh it was a baaaaaad day!
I tried not speaking once when mine were school age. I left them to get themselves ready. It was hilarious listening to them nagging each other to get ready…..just as I had done every morning. Neither wanted to make the other late and after my little experiment I did have to nag less. Failing that….just stay in bed all day with a bottle or two!!! Xx
Funny enough I did give them a lecture about being responsible for their own actions (great believer me)..till I caught myself saying ‘you’re four now Charlie’…………ho hum. It’s that sneaky business of always just hitting your stride in the routine..and it’s half term..or something changes….bah humbug!
Haha…You sound like a great and fun mom! 😉
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Love that photo, sounds like your mornings are fun, Have a super week:)
Thank you..it sits on my coffee table and reminds that time can never really stand still..except there! x
The shoooeeees. Love it. Did I miss the blog party? Just bought a new comp and ready to crank. it. out.
Plenty more I’m sure..missed you! xxx