I thought you would like a timeline of our mornings here at the Serr household.
6:55 - Wake up all of the kids and CARRY them downstairs for scripture study
7:00- Scriptures! The following is an example of what you might hear:
Dad: would anyone like to say the prayer this morning?
J: (whine) Dad why do we have to have scripture study. My friend's family doesn't have scripture study!
C:nubbio thubbianks! (He learned ubbi dubb language and just CANNOT let it die!)
E: AHHHHHHHHH! ( He loves to yell for no apparent reason)
M: No Dad! I can't pray when I am sleeping!
Dad: Okay, Mom will you say it?
Dad: So, does anybody remember what we learned about yesterday?
(Silence) Hello is anyone awake?
E: (kicking M under the table)
J: Dad. why do we have to have scriptures at the table, I would remember better if we were on the couch!
M: somebody keeps kicking me!
E: (Snicker)
C: Wubbie Lubbiearned Aubbibout Jubbiesus!
OKAY YOU GET THE IDEA!
7:20: Breakfast
Mom: what would you like for breakfast?
J: Nothing! I hate breakfast!
C: Wubbiaffles!
E: Pancakes!
M: eggs!
Mom: okay, well here is your cold cereal.
7:30 Getting ready for school
(Mom goes up stairs to see how things are coming along after making 3 lunches)
Mom: What are you doing E? The bus is coming in 15 minutes!
E:(sitting on his bed looking at his rock collection in his underwear!) I'm just waking up my legs!
J: Mom will you fix my hair?
C: (Spontaneous outburst)
M: can I wear my tinkerbell costume today?
7:40 Still frantic and still getting ready for school
C: (Singing at the top of his lungs some random song)
J:(somes downstairs with completely drenched hair)
Mom: J what happened to all your curls that we spend all night last night putting in?
J: they just looked all bumpy and wiggly!
Mom: M! what happened to your ponytails?
M: I don't like them, they make me scitch!
E: (no where to be found)
7:50 The bus is here!!
C: Bubbiye Mubbiom! Iubbi Lubbiove Yubbiou!
J: Oh mom I need a sack and some money for school today! Did you sign my homework?
E: (comes down stairs with everything done in 15 seconds flat)
M: Is tomorrow a school day too?
7:51 Peace and quiet
(Mom collapses on the floor)
D: Mom I am hungry!
Just Keep Dancing' Like We're 22!
5 years ago
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Holy COW! Those aren't the names of my kids, you know. At least if you are going to spy on my family and quote us on the internet, you should use our proper names. My main differences are that no one in your story lost their shoes (for the - however many days in the week we have had - eth time this week) and you didn't read scripture AT breakfast minutes before running out the door, and I AM the dang bus at this house so there is no collapsing until the van is back in the garage and by that time I have heard plenty of the "mom I'm hungry" - which makes you wonder why you bother with a delicious nutritious cold cereal breakfast (which is still sitting in a bowl of milk on the table now entirely to soggish to eat!) Sigh. We should get together and regroup with a bag of chocolate chips. What do you say? Tastes a lot better than therapy!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't know if it's normal or not....our house is pretty mellow with just Carter. It wore me out just reading about it.
ReplyDeleteThis is the funniest post! I feel out of breath and very exhausted just from reading this...hats off to you for having scripture study...Ah, I remember those days where Mom and Dad were the only ones paying attention...Aaron was always snoring and the rest of us were kicking eachother..so funnY!
ReplyDeleteNOOO you're not NORMAL you are strange and PECULIAR!! (sorry there is no spell check in comments) You're weird that's all there is to it... NO ONE would do this day in and day out and still consider adding children to the mix... nevermind YW and PTA and food storage and visiting teaching... We're ALL abnormal-- isn't it fun?!
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