Sunday Morning Fiasco

Every Sunday morning is a fiasco in our household. Todd usually rises early and eats his breakfast and reads the newspaper. One by one the kids join him at the table for breakfast. I am usually in the office making final adjustments to our Sunday School Lesson, printing it off, preparing handouts, etc. Usually, I finally get it all done and rush to take a shower and get dressed. Keep in mind, that Todd is waiting for his turn to shower and get dressed. Then I am ready and realize the kids are still in PJ's and we needed to have left ten minutes ago. I rush around getting the kids ready, and somewhere along the way turn into a drill Sargent, "Get into the car...Move it, Move it, Move it!!!" We are consistently about 10 minutes late for Sunday School...did I mention we are the teachers???? And usually about 5 minutes into the lesson my stomach growls reminding me that I forgot to eat breakfast.

I know what you are thinking...it sounds like chaos, and with a little planning it could run smoother. Did I mention that I am a major procrastinator??? Getting everything ready ahead of time really does not even cross my mind. But, this week was a little different. I decided to shower the night before. I also got the lesson printed off and everything ready. I laid out the boys clothes. This morning ran fairly smoothly. Todd took over as usual for breakfast. While everyone was eating I got myself dressed and ready. Then, I ate my breakfast and had the boys dress themselves. I dressed McKenna and did her hair. Todd was ready and we were out the door on time.

As we are unloading out of the van, I realize that McKenna had taken off her cute sandals that perfectly matched her red and white dress and was wearing hot pink Crocs instead. OK, not that big of a deal...so she clashes a little. As we were walking in I noticed that Landon's pants looked funny. There was something weird about the pockets. Then I realized he had put his pants on backwards! These were not just pull-on, elastic waist pants. They were khakis with a button and zipper and everything. I guess he just pulled them on without undoing anything. We immediately had to stop at a bathroom for him to turn his pants around. Which of course involved taking is shoes off, turning his pants around, and then putting his shoes back on and tying them. All of that preparation, and we were still 10 minutes late for Sunday School!

Todd has been gone a lot this week. He is busy with work and has had training. He has been leaving the house early in the morning and not getting home until 9 or 10. I think him being gone has been wearing on all of us. Yesterday I was working in the office on a few things and the boys were watching cartoons (or so I thought). After I finished up checking by email and everything, I went into the kitchen to find black marker all over my cabinets, counter top, and oven. I asked the boys what had happened. Landon said, "Huh?", totally oblivious to the fact that anything had happened. Cason said, "McKenna did it." Obviously a lie, due to the fact that McKenna is too short to write on top of the counter. I had Cason show me what pen he used. He brought me the sharpie, of course. After trying to clean it for about an hour, and trying everything I had on hand including finger nail polish remover, I headed to the store and bought a Magic Eraser Sponge which took it right off!

Today, while the boys were at preschool, I was in McKenna's room sorting through her clothes. I had been talking on the phone to a friend and left the phone laying in her room. After I picked up the boys, we went home to change clothes for their T-ball game. I heard the buttons on the phone beep as Cason headed towards me and handed me the phone. I told him that he should not be playing with the phone and went to hang it up. About 2 minutes later the phone rang. "This is the police department and we just received a 911 call from this number, is everything OK?" I assured the lady that everything was fine, and that I would have a talk with my 4 year old. Out of all 3 of my children, Cason is the mischievous one. He is very quiet and everyone talks about how sweet and polite he is. Most people don't believe that he is the one that you have to keep an eye on.