We have yet to have a day this week that we haven't overslept and gotten dressed before 7. Usually, I like us to be in the kitchen, starting breakfast by 7, but these last few days, I've been jumping out of bed close to 6:50, scrambling to brush my teeth and get dressed and running to wake up the Curly Girlies (they have alarms too, but evidentially, the sound of my voice saying, "Wake up! We're going to be late!" is nicer than the "beep beep beep" of their clocks). What I have learned from these past few days is it's OK for us to wake up a little late, sometimes, as long as we're willing to compromise on something else to still get us out the door by 7:35. Usually the compromise is on breakfast items. M and L aren't big on cereal, but they know if we're not sitting down to breakfast until 7:15, cold cereal it is. Today, they had the added bonus of freshly baked bread, courtesy of our new bread machine!
I have found that by keeping calm and not panicking, even if we're running a little late, we still end up running on time. When I loose my cool, my girls shut down. You'd think I'd know that given the fact that when I was little, I'd shut down as soon as either of my parents raised their voices. It's so unproductive, and yet it's like second nature.
I am trying so hard to break the cycle. The other cycle I'm trying to break from growing up is being late, so on that note, I've gotta run so I can pick up B and M from school and take all 3 for hair cuts.
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