This is what our mornings look like pretty much every morning--yes that includes my puffy, tired eyes.
The boys never seem to sleep in late enough.
They usually wake up a little before 7--sometimes as early as 6 or 6:30, but usually never past 7:30. It also seems like once one gets up, they all get up. As they make their way into my bed, I quickly get cartoons turned on in an attempt to bribe them into quietly laying down for just another 15 minutes. I use to say that I would never have a T.V. in my bedroom, but with kids, I see that it has some serious advantages!
Generally it doesn’t last too long. One boy will get up to watch out the window, or someone won’t want to lay by someone else, or a wrestling match will slowly start up. Before too long, I have no choice but to get up and get our day started.
When Ben is working and he makes it home before all of the craziness breaks out, he quickly sweeps the boys out to the kitchen and gets breakfast started so I get a shower. Then we trade off and it’s his turn in the bed--minus all of the kids!
Although I sometimes get cranky when I‘m woken up by wild boys, I absolutely love getting to snuggle with them in bed. It’s especially nice now that Josh is in his own bed and can come in when he wakes up.
I just love cuddling with those boys--especially on mornings when Ben has the night off and it’s all of us crammed into our bed!
