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!