Have you ever tried waking up a bear from winter hibernation? yeah, me either. The closest I have come is waking Makenzie up in the morning. To put it in mild terms, waking her up earlier than 9am is like trying to get a mule to walk further than they want to. She is not a morning person in any way, except Christmas morning. Every other morning is a struggle. So much so that I end up doing everything, she gets in the shower and stands looking dazed. Everything she does is in super slow motion, I wonder if a cup of coffee would help her get going? Anyways, she goes to bed at 8pm so its not like she isn't getting enough sleep when I go in at 7:54am to wake her up. That's not a typo, 7:54am. I have a weird thing about times, if I ever have to pick you up there is a good chance I will pick you up not on the 5 min mark of any time. I will never pick you up at quarter after, 7:14, 8:19 those are more likely to be the times i say to you. Back to story. At 7:54 every morning I go in to wake her up and pulling teeth at the dentists office may actually be easier, never tried it but I have an image that it is. You have to stay right next to her reminding her what she is doing, "brush your teeth, keep moving the toothbrush" "put your shoes on, on the right foot... tie them" "eat your breakfast, you have to chew" Every single step has to be said about 5 times. It's borderline torturous, for both of us. We get to the bus stop and usually she begins to perk up, praise God! Her poor teacher would have her hands full if she had to continue with our morning routine. Why am I telling you all this? What had happened was...
Last night she went to bed, like any other night. This morning I went into her room at 7:54 and she was not there! Her bed was made, radio and light turned off, and her towel was hanging. I didn't panic because what stranger would steal her and then make the bed? I walked down the stairs though, slightly nervous as to what I might find her doing. Having flashbacks of photos my sister had sent of her sitting in the corner hiding, with 10 juice boxes and a jar of pickles. No crazy snacking going on in here this morning. There she was at the kitchen table completely dressed all the way to her jacket and teeth brushed, doing some extra homework?
She wanted me to have time to make her pancakes (with white chocolate chips) for breakfast. I told her I would make her whatever she wanted! Today was the the most stress free morning we have had in this house, ever. Her words on the way to the bus stop were "I would like to make this a regular habit, so I can have pancakes every morning"
I would love to only have to worry about just making pancakes every morning. I wonder what Monday morning will bring us? I could go for another stack of pancakes.
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