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| A bad picture of my favorite Peets Coffee in my Got Milk mug |
Once the coffee is brewing we can start the rest of our morning routine. I take my son to the restroom and then change my daughter's diaper (unless Daddy has already done so) and than we get dressed. By the time we're all dressed it's breakfast time. Mommy has her cup of (hot) coffee and checks her email while the kids eat yogurt or oatmeal and fruit (breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you know!) and watch a show on PBS Kids. If I didn't give the kids their breakfast while I enjoyed my coffee I'd be left with cold coffee. And that just wouldn't cut it.
I never thought much about this routine but realized over time that it helps us get going on our day. If I don't start the coffee right away I find that we are all slacking in the morning. We end up running late to whatever was planned for the day or don't even make it to our activities. When mommy sticks with a routine a lot more gets done. And the family, as a whole, is a lot happier.
What routines help your family get going? Have you found that having routines help your family as a whole?
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I leave my walking/outdoor clothes in a straw basket on my bathroom floor. That way when I get up at 6 to walk the dog, I just splash water on my face, take off my PJs, put on my walking clothes and head out the door. It only takes me 5 minutes and I don't have to wake up Gavin by fumbling around in our bedroom for clothes. When I get home from the walk, I throw what's dirty into the laundry, what's re-wearable back into the straw basket for tomorrow, and hop into the shower.
Sometimes I watch Gossip Girl reruns while I eat breakfast.
Love it! Sometimes on the weekends I get to watch bad tv in the morning when J takes care of the kids. Oh so fun :)
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