Did you ever have one of THOSE mornings with kids where it all goes wrong?
As every Mom knows mornings can be a bit well...hectic. And then there are THOSE mornings that are down right mad. Here are the 26 reasons that I looked like a crazy woman when I arrived at the school gate this morning.
- Having hit the snooze button once, I start my day10 minutes late. Reason: 2 kids with a variety of different complaints were up during the night.
- Realise when I get into shower that I am out of shower gel. Resort to Johnsons kids shampoo.
- Kids have got ready for school into each others uniforms. Neither have noticed, despite their 3 year age gap.
- My toddler is insisting on getting his clothes changed before breakfast (not recommended)
- Toddler is further insisting on having honey on his cereal
- Toddler now wants breakfast heated but doesn’t want honey heated.
- Proceed to scrape honey from breakfast, heat breakfast, reapply honey.
- A futile 10 minutes is spent persuading my 7 year old to wear a particular coat to school. He eventually gives in but then cant find it, so he gets his way and I know I shouldn't have even bothered.
- A last minute request is made for porridge, I reluctantly agree as the ‘good healthy Mom’ part of my brain is telling me that it is nutritious and will fill them until lunch.
- Send kids to bathroom to clean their teeth.
- Toddler spills his breakfast over the table, floor and himself. He is now inconsolable.
- Clean up mess over table, floor and baby, remake breakfast with honey.
- Run upstairs to get a replacement outfit for toddler.
- Forgot about porridge which has now started to burn on the hob.
- Am reminded that kids need to bring in money to buy a book at school. Wallet is empty so raid my son's communion money (from last May which still is not deposited into credit union)
- Write an IOU for communion money in case I forget to replace.
- The kids are fighting over a ball from the pound shop which, despite spending a small mortgage on footballs over the years, seems to be the only one of interest to them at this point in time.
- Check that kids have brushed their teeth and discover middle son hasn’t so send him back up stairs.
- Middle son returns downstairs with toothpaste dripping down his jumper.
- Run upstairs to get a replacement jumper for him.
- Exit house with kids, putting house alarm on and locking the door.
- Realise eldest son has forgotten his lunch.
- Go back to get it which involves unlocking door, turning off alarm. getting lunchbox, reseting alarm, relocking door
- Now I’m officially LATE. aaagghh
- Kids insist that we ‘park and stride’ which involves parking a distance from the school and walking – not originally part of this mornings plans.
- We eventually skid up to the school gate to the sound of the school bell and breath a sigh of relief..that morning is over.
