Mornings

One of my most favorite things to do is sneak into my son's room on school mornings to wake him. I love to smell him, kiss his soft skin over and over and snuggle close. You see, this is one of the few times he lets me do that, so I get it when I can. I wake him at 6:30 am on weekdays. Then after he gets dressed, we tackle that hair on his head...it's a work of art that I enjoy doing. :)

Then it's time to wake up the princess. She usually comes stumbling out all squinty- eyed and hair poofed everywhere while I'm working on Caedmon's hair. This is what I found this morning when I went into her room. Hmmm, where could she be?I see an eye.

There's my poof-haired beauty! This reminds me of something she said yesterday while Caedmon was at school. "Mom, you and me are both gorgeous!"

A little cuddle time this morning with brother.

After dressing herself, Kaiya joins Caedmon for breakfast. Today we had blueberry waffles, orange juice and good ole Shaklee vitamins. I turn on the radio tuned to a christian station and it stays on the rest of the day. My goal in the mornings is to get everyone ready including myself so that when we get back at eight from dropping Caedmon off, we can jump right into our day. It doesn't always happen, but today it did. Shoes on. Coats on. Backpack ready with a banana for snack and library book ready to return. At 7:20 it's time to get in the van. Pull out of the garage and park for our morning prayers and then we're on our way.It's about a fourteen minute drive to school in the country. We pass an Elk Farm and sometimes get lucky enough to see a couple of them on our way. We usually see several deer and try hard not to hit them. Today's conversation on the way to school went like this...

Caedmon: "I want to be a farmer."

Me: "That's neat"

Kaiya: "I want to be a police"

Me: "What did you say?"

Kaiya: "I want to be a police"

Me: "really?"

As we passed by some sheep grazing in the grass Kaiya asked "Where's Mary?" It took me a minute to realize why she was asking when she said "those were her little lambs."

Me: "Oh, those sheep we just passed back there?"

Kaiya: "No they're lambs. They have snow on their backs." (fleece as white as snow) :)

Interesting conversations we have on our way to school. I love listening to their innocence!

Time to drop Caedmon off. I pull in line behind the other cars and when it's our turn I help him get out. After a kiss and a big hug I tell him to have a great day. I've been wanting to catch this little wave on camera ever since the beginning of the school year. As he walks in he always turns around with a sweet smile and wave. I love it!