Up Before The Roosters

It’s a little after 5 a.m…. 3 minutes after to be exact and my littlest monkey has decided that it is time to start our day.  Under normal circumstances this would be a great time to start our day, but last night was yet another late night. Lack of sleep around this house, as in most, makes for a very challenging day.

My eldest had a school musical performance last night and it was absolutely adorable.  The music teacher is phenomenal and the children are even better!  The theme was “Snow day” and the children memorized 6 songs along with expressive movements and speaking parts. The excitement was palpable! I certainly don’t remember such elaborate, joyful programs when I was in 3rd grade…I’ll have to check with my mom, Sara, to obtain “total recall”.  Again, it was truly a pleasure to watch the 3rd and 4th graders.

I checked on my critter in the attic yesterday.  I think my intelligent adversary has moved on to a warmer house.  The treats are all in tact and no traps have been touched.  I hope he/she has found a new place to dwell. Of course, if my critter is a she…she may just be off having babies. Ugg! I just can’t take the conflict in my mind of what I may find during the long climb to the top of the attic stairs.

Tonight is game night, movie night and stay up late night.  I am hoping to outlast the kiddos on the latter.  They had such a hard time winding down the  last two nights that I may actually have a chance…Wish me luck.

The little monkey sitting next to me is requesting nachos for breakfast..I’m suggesting whole wheat pancakes and a topical fruit smoothie.  The kids are eating so much better since we have been sitting down to breakfast together….we talk and eat and enjoy each other’s company and I don’t even once have to remind them to finish. Yea!! One of my best memories of growing up was that every morning my mom had the table set, breakfast(vitamins included) waiting and she my dad and I would sit down together and start our day. What a gift!  I thought that was how everyone’s day started. So naive.

Side note..the boys did enjoy a treat that Aunt Blondie so graciously delivered last night.  Thank you Aunt Blondie!

My grand plan Saturday for the boys and myself is to be virtually unplugged. 1 hour of t.v. time(that is when I will get the blog written)no computer, no video games, etc. I’ll have to come up with some fun outdoor activities or indoor depending on the weather.  We will walk our family members of the four legged variety and perhaps practice for the scavenger hunt on Monday…fresh air and exercise rocks!

I finished putting the Golden Snitches together and “yea” for me the littlest boy said, “very cool, mom”. I had originally explained that the snitches may turn out “sort of cool” and his reply was..”they can’t be sort of cool, they have to be very cool”. The pressure…whew, I dodged a bullet there. Now I have to come up with Harry Potter clues for destinations around the neighborhood that coincide with locales related to the movies…don’t get me wrong..I truly love this sort of thing..theme parties, theme parks..anything with a costume…sooo much fun!!

Just a few things today to get my “house” in order.  A few closets, a few drawers, I’l have to hunt the dog hair once again and of course feed my soul…until tomorrow.

God Bless

LLF