I know you all have read about our Saturday morning ritual - breakfast out with the family, the Speedway at the mall, the park - but we have yet to share our morning ritual when it comes to getting everyone ready for school and work! Oh, my!
6:30AM -Brienna is usually the first one awake, and she's sneaky about it! She silently gets out of bed, turns the knob and opens the door ever so quietly, and then barges through our bedroom door. Now I'm usually asleep when she does this, and if she makes enough noise coming into the room, she can usually startle me awake. If not, then I wake up to her hitting the bed saying "Mama, up!" as loud as she can. I pull her up onto the bed and turn on the Disney chanel. Someone (Omi) discovered with Brienna that The Wiggles come on at 7am. Now I can't get her to go a morning without them! And of course what would our morning be without a pop-tart and juice? 
7:00AM - Ellie wakes up and wants to eat. Her cries are getting a little more determined and sometimes sound like her screaming. Even when it's ear piercing she still keeps her eyes on me as if to say, "Can we hurry this up? I'm HUNGRY!" Of course Brienna is in toe and standing right beside me at the changing table saying something like "Baby, shhh!" She's such a big help when she pats Ellie on the head or holds her hand. This actually gets Ellie's attention and sometimes gets her to calm down a little bit! By the time I get her ready for school, Patrick is there with a bottle and becomes her favorite (for the moment).
7:10AM - Patrick usually feeds Ellie on the foot of our bed and Brienna will climb up on the bed and make sure that Ellie is OK and eating. (If not she'll tell Ellie, "Baby, eat!") Brienna will then get settled back down on the bed and start watching TV again while I get ready for work. Most of the time she'll start trying to get herself ready for school by taking off her PJ's on the bed. She hears Omi getting ready in the bathroom and she realizes it's almost time for school! What she really wants is to spend time with Omi (the real favorite)...so she finds her way into the bathroom to make her presence known.
7:15AM - Now, something you have to realize about Brienna is that she's a "big girl" most of the time. She observes what we do and tries her best to do it. Her latest accomplishment? She multitasks!! This is a fluke thing, because she's not done it since, but this particular morning Brienna is using her potty AND brushing her teeth! I don't know why she picked those two things to multi-task with, but more power to her!! Once she's up and running again, it's hard to catch her. She loves to run around in just her diaper (or less) and it makes her giggle to be chased. This could last forever unless she's caught early enough! The fun part is that when she is finally caught, she's ready to hug!
7:30AM - Once she's caught, she'll usually let me change her on my bed as long as Ellie is near. Once she's changed and ready for school, it's off to the bathroom again with Omi! At least she stood still long enough for me to get this shot of her! I have to admit though, I had some help from Playhouse Disney...Higglytown Heroes was on! Getting her to turn around was the only difficult part!
7:40AM - Brienna heads off to the bathroom with Omi. While Omi gets her make-up on and her hair curled, they chit chat about Omi/Boo stuff. Brienna will talk to herself in the mirror, wash her hands, brush her teeth (for the second time this morning) and get her hair done. It's quite a site! Here are some photos of them getting Omi ready for work!8:00AM - Once the girls are ready for another day at play school and Mommy has Ellie's bottles made, bags packed, and car started, it's off for another day of adventure! The girls have a great day and Mommy gets to play with lawn equipment! Whoopie!!
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