It's 8:30...and we need to be en route.. but Gabby is still adding the finishing touches to her ensemble and has pungent egg breath. Kaleb needs to lose the binky and the soaked diaper, and trade it for big-boy-wears and crocs. Penny is stumbling around the house in her jammies. Kaia is in "Kaia-land", without a backpack, packed lunch, "book-in-a-bag", or shoes on her feet, and is in desperate need of a brush through her hair. This is not a perfectly executed morning, but it is what it is, and it is wonderful. Kaia helps by taking orders well in the early hours of a high stress morning. Gabby helps by getting dressed and doing her hair completely on her own. Kaleb helps by sitting in the stroller and being relatively sleepy. Penny does the same. Gabby insists on riding something on the way (a scooter or car), which can slow us down sometimes, and activate the nagging at an early hour. But the morning jaunt is rejuvenating and I think we all feel refreshed and happy to have each other. Bottom line.. it's a success if Kaia is neither tardy nor truent.
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