We get them up at 7:00am, I've already filled their sippy cups with milk. They sit in their highchairs and drink milk while I make their breakfast. Right now their breakfast is consisting of oatmeal cereal and applesauce mixed together. We've tried other things but this the fastest and what they like the most. In fact they always start kicking their legs with huge smiles on their faces when they start eating it. Why change something that works so well. We feed them their cereal and then immediately they know they get their yogurt bites (which they LOVE) and some plain cheerios to eat while we eat our breakfast. After we finish, I do their hair while they are still in their high chair. They don't fight me and try to get away while they're still trapped. Then we change their diapers and get them dressed. After that it's off to the bathroom where we brush our teeth. The girls love their little toothbrushes and although they aren't great at it,) they mostly suck and chew on them), they do like to try to imitate me brushing my teeth so it's pretty cute.
After that comes the hard part, saying good bye to mom. Up until recently they didn't really get what this part meant and then all of the sudden it has clicked that I leave every day at this time and they hate it. And so I hate it again. They cry, cling to me, will not let me put them down. Many mornings I shut the door to sounds of 1 or 2 crying girls...which ends up with 3 crying girls sometimes as well. They do recover pretty quickly, at least that is what Shane tells me. And now I feel like I've scarred them for life because on weekend mornings they won't let me out of their site. If I walk into the kitchen they're right behind me crying, probably thinking that I'm leaving. Ugh...
It's a fast 35 minutes of our day but we get a lot done and I like the rountine we have. I also love that I get to spend a short amount of time with the girls before I leave for work each morning.
2 comments:
You're so smart to document little everyday things like this. It'll be so good to look back on. That picture of them looking out the window is so cute, but I'm sad that they are having a hard time with you leaving. Sweet that they love you so much.
Love this routine. I don't love that they get sad and then of course you do too. That picture of them looking out the window is so cute. But think of it this way...they get so excited to see you when you get back. You wouldn't get that if you were with them all day. That's a plus, right?
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