Our friends and family know we don't watch TV. We don't own one, the kids only get shows when someone is sick, and we really keep technology away from our kids in general. To us this is normal, but sometimes we forget how extremely abnormal it truly is. Our kids know nothing different, and as parents we've adjusted and really forget at times what the norm is. It isn't until someone new hears we don't allow screen time, that brings us back to reality and how weird we really are. So what do we do in the morning? How do we get ready? What do the kids do? Don't they wake up whining? The answer: We basically enjoy time together as a family Mornings start with Danny waking up first, doing chores, making a fire, and getting ready and getting some work done before everyone wakes up, if he's working from home. He kindly brings me a cappuccino and wakes me up at the time he would typically head in to work. Baby usually gets up with me and we head down and snuggle up on the couch by the fire. The other boys come down, hopefully a little later. More often than not, they're already up, e waiting for the approval to come down, and they snuggle up by the fire too. Everyone just spends time watching the sunrise, chatting and snuggling up under the wool blankets and enjoying the wood stove. I'll admit, I'm the one who struggles the most at waking up. I wish it wasn't such a struggle for me not to be a grumpy tired bear in the morning, but I definitely have to remind myself I DON'T want my boys remembering mom greeting them with a grumpy face each morning. Unfortunately, I have to get the daily mental pep talk from myself, but the wake up time with coffee on the couch helps me ease into the day myself. Since, I'm not the most motivated person in the morning, the boys know I will agree to a pre-breakfast of bananas and peanut butter or apples and dates. They'll then run and get their plates and dish up their first snacks of the day. I don't care to eat breakfast until nine or ten so their first breakfast gets them going until I basically make brunch. This all may sound fake, but its normal life for us. The boys all like their morning snuggles. They've never known anything different. Come summer the fireplace is replaced by sitting out on the patio, usually with their own cappuccinos. I don't play music and never was one that can handle morning shows. Our days start as slow, quiet and snuggly as I can make them. And let's face it, I'll happily give up some "Me time" if it means there's no annoying kid shows running in the background.
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