I wake up most mornings a little bleary eyed, like most people. I have early risers - Lex is usually first up for the day anywhere between 5.30am and 6.30am. Luckily I'm a morning person - I just get that coffee into me and only then can I have a decent conversation with anyone!
Alexis is the brightest little thing first thing in the morning. She bounces out of bed and heads straight for the fridge for her customary morning juice. Then onto the pantry to grab the Rice Bubbles.
Chace is pretty bouncy too, also always up before 7am, but all hell breaks loose when breakfast is offered to him. What he'd like, is chocolate covered biscuits with a scoop of icecream and lollies sprinkled on top. What he gets, is Weetbix or Nutri Grain, maybe toast and yoghurt. And so it goes, every morning, we battle it out at the pantry - me and my boy. There's lots of foot stamping, lots of stare outs - but he suddenly gets over his morning blues, takes the bowl and eats without another word - almost. every. morning.
Now, I can already tell which one of my kids will be the colossal sleeper-in-er in the teen years...that will be my Sienna. She leaps out of bed on Christmas, first day of school, back to school after holidays, birthdays, etc. But on normal mornings, there's a lot of, "Sienna, time to get up!" Like, about four or five times before I get frustrated and carry her out to the kitchen and plonk breakfast in front of her. She'd sleep away the morning if I let her - much like her Daddy on the weekends. Except he's not allowed to either, I stand at the end of the bed nagging him about what needs to be done. Works a treat, my naggy voice is not something to be reckoned with!
So I'm a bit of an early bird. But I'm very much a night owl too. My two little ones are generally in bed by 6.30-7pm most nights (due to their early rising!) Sienna is in by 7.30pm. They eat dinner between 5pm and 5.30pm. Because when they're in bed, that's mine and hubby's time. Time to relax, unwind. Enjoy dinner together, talk like grown ups or kick back with some TV. As much as family dinners altogether can be wonderful, I just know my kids aren't up for that yet. Cody is lucky to walk in the door by 6pm most nights, their little tummies would be screaming by then. And of course add tiredness to that mix and it all turns to complete feralness. So they eat early, they're in bed early. For now, it works.
I really think I need to start going to bed earlier too, but night time is when I just find so much to do?! Washing to fold (I don't fold washing in the day, Lex is a little too helpful...), lists to write, organising for the days ahead, pack away any toys that are left out. (Cody does the dishes, it's my strictest rule, since he really can't cook!) We're planning for a holiday, so I spend hours on the iPad doing up dummy itineraries to get the budget just right. Or I stumble across a good book, or mag, or re-read a favourite book.
I'm a sucker for American drama TV shows. Love them. Parenthood is my favourite. Love a bit of Glee too.
So there goes my night. In the quietness of my house while the babies sleep soundly, I jam so much stuff into my evenings that I don't often end up going to bed until around midnight most nights. I kind of like it that way though...as long as there's coffee in the morning!
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