Can't make this stuff up

7:36am - Whole body flails in bed, my eyes pop open to a child standing next to my bed.

It was a rude awakening to the day for a rude reason.........her Kindle time IS NOT up because she just started and HAS NOT used 30 minutes yet.

Apparently I had forgotten the world does not revolve around my need for sleep (I had just gotten to sleep 2 and a half hours prior........) and I need to pay attention to KINDLE TIME.

I asked for 5 more minutes.

7:37am - Pray for time to stop.

7:38am - Hopeful that it is still 7:37am.

7:39am - No such luck.

7:40am - Time keeps moving............shut my eyes to the inevitable.

7:42am - Belatedly stumble out to the living room and am greeted by my love on the Kindle, happily zoned out on some Smurf game.  I mumble something about making breakfast.

7:44am - Francesca stumbles out.......goes in for a cuddle and a hug while I am attempting to put together enough thoughts as to what we will be having for breakfast.......but AHHHH.......gets sidetracked by the screen in the living room and goes to sit next to Fia.

7:45am - The little man stumbles out, eyes shut, seeking the softest surface to land on and mumbles I get Kindle next............

(( Thank goodness for Amazon Free Time which manages the kid's time on their shared Kindle every day........30 minutes and it shuts them out..........no arguments, no whining, no nothing...........it is quite possibly the best gift we have ever given them for Christmas..........................))

7:50am - I heat things up for pancakes and eggs - coconut oil in the pan, a little butter on the griddle, get out the ingredients and over hear this........"who's breakfast is it today?  who gets grandparents day today?.........."

WHAT!?!?  WHAT!?!?!?  WHAT DID YOU SAY!?!?!?!

Kids from the living room..........grandparents day.  Remember?  Breakfast with grandma and grandpa?

WHAT!?!?!?  THE ONE AT 8 O'CLOCK?!?!?!?!?!

GO! GO! GO! GO!

7:50 - 8:00am - It's a blur of activity.

GO!!! FRANCESCA!!! GO!!! GET DRESSED!!

FIA!! WHY ON YOU STILL ON THE KINDLE!! GET OFF AND HELP YOUR SISTER!!

OH MY GOSH WE HAVE TO BE AT THE SCHOOL IN 10 MINUTES - NO ONE IS DRESSED!!! WE NEED FRANCESCA'S BOOKBAG AND LUNCH AND WE NEED TO GET HER READY!!!!

NICO!!! NO YOU DON'T GET TO BE ON THE KINDLE!!!

BRUSH YOUR HAIR!!!

FIA!! HELP HER BRUSH HER HAIR!!

GET ON SOCKS AND BOOTS!!

NO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE DRESSED JUST GO!!!

YES! NICO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT COAT - DON'T WEAR YOUR SISTER'S COAT!

OH MY GOSH!  I NEED PANTS!! JUST WAIT I HAVE TO GET PANTS!!

OK!! GO! GO! GO!

GET IN THE CAR!!!

OH NO! THE DOOR IS FROZEN SHUT - IN THROUGH THE FRONT!  OH MY WORD IT IS COLD!!!

8:00am - (((SIGH))) Ok.  We made it.

Ummm.............

It is really slippery.

But we made it.

8:03am - (We pull up to the school.)  Um.........hmmm..........(Mr. Bob is putting ice on the sidewalk and a plow is just pulling up to the COVERED parking lot.  The covered EMPTY parking lot.)

Well...................it looks like there is no school.

Huh.

8:05am - Back home to pancakes, eggs and orange slices.

Just another day in the Codispoti house.