Mornings

I can almost hear the crickets around here lately. Yes it's been pretty exciting. And so tonight, I shall continue the shenanigans by writing about how I am SO NOT the mom who does things the night before and yet tonight I was required to be because not only do I have to be out of the house by 7:15 with both kids but I have to be at Leo's parent-teacher conference at 8 a.m. I'm sure many parents do things much harder than that every day and to those who do, I salute them! But I, well, they (I'm looking at you Leo and Ellie!) are slow moving morning people and definitely creatures of habit (like most kids). I will do my best to declare tomorrow morning an "Adventure" (they love that). In the meantime: Coffee. (For me, silly.)

Gaaaaahhhhhh.

It will be fine. I made the lunches. And most importantly, did I mention I readied the coffee pot?

In more restful news, this morning Ellie came into our bed around 5:30 a.m. She has definitely corned the market on pathetic now that she's in the Big Girl Bed. I hear her little footsteps outside our door and then her quivering tiny voice: "I want to come to your room, Mommy." This morning she fell back asleep, almost instantly. Shortly after her appearance, Leo showed up, climbed into bed and somehow sneekily lodged himself between Ellie and me. He is a heat seaking body heat missile, that boy. Soon, he was also snoring.

Thirty minutes later, my alarm went off. I hit snooze, rolled over and watched the two little peaceful people in my bed for a few moments longer. Pure, brief sweetness.