a new routine

the kids have been in school for over a week now
and we're slowly finding our new routine

here's what it looks like...

olivia is definitely NOT our morning kid.
so she needs to slowly ease into her day.
and by slowly, i mean a bubble bath all to herself
with candles burning.
at age 6, this just seems wrong, but it works like a charm!!!

ryan usually straggles out of his bed around 7 or 7:30
and usually says "mommy, let's snuggle."
seriously, who can resist that????
so we snuggle for a while then he gets dressed.
usually getting dressed goes smoothly IF his clothes
include something green and a cool pair of underwear.
depending on the day, cool can either mean incredible hulk or batman.

garrett wakes up at some point in all of this
and gets dressed nice & quietly :)
thank goodness someone is low maintenance around here!

then it's a flurry of
getting josie dressed,
eating breakfast,
packing olivia's lunch
(why can't i remember to do that at night??),
finding missing shoes,
grabbing backpacks
and getting in the car.

then it's off to drop garrett & olivia off.
i like to walk them in,
but their new thing is to go in alone -
when did they get so big??
then i drive a block and drop off ryan at preschool.
when did he get so big??
ahhh, just me & josie.
we run errands or head home.
upon getting home, josie throws a fit
if we don't stay outside.
a complete throw herself on the floor screaming fit.
when did she get so big??

so that's our routine.
it's new.
it's crazy.
it's busy.

and did i mention,
it requires them to go to bed at a decent time?
new routines are good :)