Hello mornings



6am. our quality coffee time together



Hectic mornings are not something unusual for us (as probably for most families with young kids), I may as well call it a weekday typical morning since every morning of preparing breakfast, snacks and lunch for four, sending two kids in time for school, getting your dog walked and fed and still show up well rested and on time for work is our default daily routine. My husband and I wake up around 6 am, this is our quality time together, drinking coffee, chatting and discussing our plans for the day, for me it is also an opportunity to get myself fully awake, for me it usually takes at least 30 minutes, I am not a morning person, but I get by, or get gradually alert while preparing food, packing lunch boxes and making sure our energetic puppy doesn't wreck up the house. Then it's time to wake up the kids, make sure they eat something and let them watch some TV. Some might say it's a bad habit but for my perfect genetic clones, my two totally not morning type kids, seems like there is a maternal way of inheritance for this specific trait, one funny show every morning does wonders to their morning mood and gets them motivated enough to eat, drink, brush their teeth and get dressed with minimal effort and in a timely manner. We never prepare their clothes in advance, this tip has never worked for us since they either change their mind by morning or the anticipated weather doesn't perfectly match how it feels outside and we end up picking new clothes anyway. So I decided to spare us the extra time and effort in the evenings. Then my husband takes child number 1 to preschool and comes back to take child number 2 to school, since they are located on totally different sides of town. That takes off the pressure and clears up the bathroom (and the TV). Our dog gets to have a quick walk outside and then we're off for work. So my average time from waking up in the morning to showing up at work has scored the record of 2-3 hours, but my kids always look happy by the time they leave home for school, so for me it is absolutely worth it!