Sunday, June 27, 2010

Wearing Out the Children

The girls demanded eggs, sunny-side-up, this morning. Luke, unable to intelligibly express his desire for food, figured he'd forage for himself. Off of Kate's plate that was sitting unattended on the table.

Uhhhh, SOMEone dropped an egg on the floor, Mama.


"Uh-oh! Uh-oh!"

Fffffttttt. It wasn't ME.


As it turns out, months of waking earlier than the mutually*-agreed-upon time of 7am finally took its toll on Kate.
After generously offering to make our bed, I found her sound asleep buried in pillows at 11am, explaining why previous requests for her to come swimming had gone unheeded.


Meanwhile, the two younger siblings were outside enjoying the "cool" morning (98*).

*Her father and I both recognize this as an acceptable wake time. Evidently, she was not party to this arrangement.

2 comments:

Elizabeth said...

That boy is ridiculously adorable.

Well, at least a few very fancy friends stayed behind to provide support to a sleep-deprived Kate when everyone else was having fun in the pool. And it's nice to see that kids eventually reach a stage where the barbies are clothed.

Colleen said...

what is it with kids waking up before 7? i think it's a perfectly acceptable wakeup time. it sounds like you might need that color-coded alarm clock of elizabeth's... i am totally ordering one for our kids!