The first week... TIRED!
TIRED. That is the only word to describe it.
Up until now our kids and I have enjoyed sleeping in until 8:30am, and they were going to bed around 8:30 or 9 pm. Me, 1 am or whenever.
NOT NOW. This week things changed.
The first and second day Hadley was driven to school. The second day she rode to the property on the bus and by the third day she was riding to and from school on the bus to the property. I think we finally have everything set up.
The morning pick up for the bus is at 7:35am, 25 minutes before school starts. Which means I had to get the kids up that much earlier than the first two days.
It will be much nicer when we move so I wont have to account for the 20 minute drive to and 20 minute drive from school twice a day and possible traffic.
So... for now my alarm goes off at 6 am and there is a definite procedure to the morning.
First ten minutes (my shower/dressing or one snooze on the alarm), the next 20 minutes wake and dress kids (no easy task). The next 15 minutes eat breakfast. The next 15 minutes washroom, brush teeth and hair, put lunch in backpack (which was packed the night before). Then 5 minutes for shoes, and coats. This brings us to 7:05 am.
I have 10 minutes left over to allow for traffic or anything that comes up. I will have to account for snowsuit time later.
Hadley's bus driver Lisa arrives with a bright smile everyday, and she gave me her cell number to call her directly if we don't need a pick up or drop off.
I haven't woken up to an alarm for about six and a half years. Waking to kids sure... at all hours... sure, but every day at that early hour is taking some getting used to.
I have to re-train myself to go to bed earlier too. We are all very tired.
Brian was home for the first day but then in Boston all week after that. So he had some busy days also. He came home from the airport last night and we decided to just go to bed and talk about our week after a good night's sleep.
Hadley asked all week when Saturday was so she could sleep in. (I will admit, I was thinking about sleeping in too).
However since I was up, Easton and I took advantage of our days... the zoo, and two friend visits, the early years centre, plus groceries. We also had the foundation inspection, and the basement floor leveled and insulated and ready for the pex piping which Brian and I started laying today.
So Friday night came... and it would have been so easy to let the kids stay up a little later, however I tried to put them to bed at the same time. 7:30 pm.
They both SLEPT in. Easton got up at 7 am and Hadley at 7:30 am. (I guess that is sleeping in now).
If Hadley had gotten up first perhaps I could have slept in a little too as the last two weeks before school started she was starting to get them both breakfast (an apple, banana, yogurt, or lunch meat as she doesn't trust herself with the milk for cereal and Easton doesn't like cereal anyway) and letting me sleep for about half an hour. Oh well. All is good.
Last night after the kids went to bed, I spent about an hour reading the paperwork that was sent home from the school. I also enjoyed looking at Hadley's work from the week.
I found her homework that is due Monday. (She has to finish a gum ball machine worksheet where she has to write all the numbers to 100. She got to 48 during school hours. She also has to do a join the dot picture to 100. Then she has to put a bag together with three things in it that tell about her personality. On Monday she has to say who, what, why, how or when these things relate to her in an oral presentation.
This week we also added in gymnastics for both kids. Easton wishes his class was longer like Hadley's.
It has been a busy week!