Wednesday, January 28, 2009

5 Kids Out the Door By 8am into the Cold

5 kids
5 breakfasts
Lots of clean teeth
10 clean hands
4 brushed heads of hair (Joseph still has his buzz cut)
10 socks in place
10 shoes over socks
5 backpacks cleaned out and ready to go
1 lunchbox packed (Julia isn't quite ready for school lunches yet so we send what we know she will eat)
5 coats
5 warm knit hats
10 gloves
2 noses pressed to the window "on lookout" as the others finish with coats
1 Daddy ready for work
1 car warmed up to drive kids to the bus stop
........all leads to

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1 Mommy enjoying 1 cup of coffee and a moment of silence.

1 comment:

Jillienne said...

Oh I am so jealous! I have another 3 years or so before I get that again! What were we thinking!?

Enjoy that coffee!