Piper usually wakes up around 4:30am, we get up and she eats and we go back to bed around 5. Then I hear Glenn's alarm go off anytime from 5:30-7 depending on the day of the week. He hits the snooze, 10 minutes later it goes off again. I nudge him to try and get him out of bed. Finally after repeating this a couple of times, he gets up. The worst part about the alarm is that it is set to the radio, which is not quite on the station and is just fuzz. Not the best sound to wake up to in the morning. Usually before he is gone for work, Piper wakes up and is hungry again. I bring her to bed with me in hopes I can at least rest a little longer. Glenn says good bye and leaves for work. Just as I doze off, Paige comes running into my room and climbs up on the bed, waking both Piper and I. I guess it's time to get up for the day. Let me just take one step back here, how does a child wake up and immediately have so much energy? I mean really. When I wake up, I can barely keep my eyes open, I am lucky I don't run in to walls trying to get from one room to the next.
So, my day begins. Paige is hungry, and every morning she wants toast, well she asks for toast, but she doesn't want it toasted, so bread. Usually she wants half of the bread with peanut butter and honey, and the other half with peanut butter and jam. She loves the counter at our new house because she pretends its a restaurant and orders her breakfast every day over the counter. To drink, it's usually milk. So, Paige and I have our breakfast and Piper sits patiently and watches us. By the time we are done though, she is hungry.. AGAIN! This child never stops eating. She is going to be 20 pounds in a week or so if she keeps this up. Anyway, it is now time to clean up breakfast because I if I spent an extra 2 minutes cleaning up after we are done eating, Piper thinks she is going to die of starvation.
Next, I usually bring the girls downstairs and put on some cartoons so I can have 5 minutes to shower. Piper usually sits in her swing and Paige plays with her toys (which are supposed to be in the toy room, but we'll get to that another day). If I'm lucky I make it through my shower without Paige coming in telling me to "hurry up, Piper is crying". Some days I even get a chance to dry and straighten my hair all at once. CRAZY! So once I am done with my "ME" time, yup you guessed it, Piper is hungry. She is also tired, but refuses to a nap. So, once she is done eating, we have a bit of time for the 3 of us to play together. Then, it's time to start making lunch around 11/11:30. I spend 20 minutes listening to Paige's suggestions of what she would like for lunch, followed by me replying that we do not have that, or I am not making ribs and rice for lunch. After lunch, we pack her backpack for school, which really only includes a snack in her lunch kit. Why she needs a snack when she just ate and is only at school for 2.5 hours is beyond me. But it makes her happy, because the other kids have snacks. Then once again Piper eats a little more before we have to leave the house.
Now, trying to get the kids out the door so we can go to school, which starts at 12:40pm. Most days, I have to ask Paige about 5 times to get her boots and jacket on because she is too busy either still playing with her toys, or she is trying to make Piper smile. Piper waits patiently in her car seat while I get myself and Paige dressed in our outside gear. So, we get out the door, I get Piper in the car, I go around the other side and spend another couple minutes trying to get Paige to stop making foot prints in the snow and get in the car. She really doesn't understand the concept of time. So, usually by the time Paige and I get all buckled in, Piper is now crying. Yes, she has been up for hours and still no nap. She is so tired, so she cries half way to school and then falls asleep. Finally we make it to the school and I get the kids out of the car. Carrying Piper in her car seat, Paige's backpack, and holding Paige's hand, we make it from the car across the schoolyard, which seems like miles, into the school. We sit down and Piper is awake again, but usually she sits quietly and looks around at everyone. The bell rings, Paige grabs her boots and backpack and is off. That's right, I she is so anxious to get to class that I hardly ever get a hug and kiss goodbye anymore. Makes me kind of sad.
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