What happens when you wake up at 7.20 am - late! - and realise that you have slept through the alarm and the 11 year old has a school band rehearsal at 8 am? Mad panic is what happens!!!! And this morning that is exactly what happened!
Now my children are not the quickest little cherubs in the morning. In fact, I don't think they are fully awake until around 9. So this morning it was a quick dash to do the shower relay, throw uniforms on, toss something that resembled lunch into a couple of lunchboxes etc etc!
But Master 11 is the toughest to get out of bed. I prodded, shook, cajoled and even threatened a glass of ice water as a new addition to his pjs but at 7.40 he was still unmoved!
So, in the face of adversity, I did what any good mother would do....ummmm...right?! In total desperation I offered to buy them both a McDonalds breakfast if we were in the car before 8am! You should have seen them move! Needless to say, he was only a couple of minutes late for band (miracle!) and all of us were fed and happy!
Sometimes a mother's gotta do what a mother's gotta do! Now if only he hadn't left his homework sitting on the kitchen bench, my plan would have been perfect!!! :)
