Finally Friday! Fridays, like most weekdays, usually start with me waking up around 6:45 or 7 to get Gavin and Benjamin off to school. However, this was not a typical Friday. I have been very blessed with a son (Gavin) who is an early-riser. There are plenty of benefits with him waking up at exactly 5:47 every morning: He's now old enough and very responsible to get in the shower himself, dress himself, and make his own breakfast. He usually has his favorite Lego waffles and would have had them this morning as well if he hadn't eaten the last of them yesterday. Unfortunately, mom did not make it to the store to replenish his waffles so he chose to make Pop-tarts this morning. Yum, right?
Meanwhile, I was still dreaming away in my bed. Paul had place our daughter, Miley, beside me before he left and I knew instinctively that I only had a few minutes left before I too would have to start the day. All of a sudden I hear for the first time all of our smoke alarms going off. I quickly grab my robe and Miley and rush to get the other kids out of the house. I come to the turn in our stairs and see Gavin standing in the kitchen, continually swinging the back door open/shut. What happened? I ask as I realize there truly is no harm, much less fire. My poor hungry child just wanted to make a pop-tart at the same toaster level as a frozen waffle...lesson learned. "Sorry, Mom" he says.
After the black pop-tart is tossed in the trash, a quick training at changing the level based on what you're toasting is performed and our Friday continues as usual. Great start to the weekend. :)
This weekend is a full schedule. Gavin has a basketball game tomorrow morning and then Paul's niece will be taking all of our rambunctious children to Planet Kid. We are also planning a quick trip to McCall on Sunday to see the Winter Carnival...we called to late and all hotels were booked so a one-day trip it is.
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Congratulations to Becky, Bill, and Audrey on their newest arrival, Natalie...she is beautiful!
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