No Under Eye Bags For Mom!

Last night after the lullaby,  I could still hear the Little's giggling way past their 8PM bed time. Tonight being the first night of dad's departure for the next few days, I let them be. I didn't interrupt them because they were being civil, and no one was jumping of the roof tops or screaming at the top of their lungs. Plus I knew their physically beings were tired after running and screaming outside on the farm while they played until the sun went  down. Also something I don't usually do. I'm  appreciating every minute we spend out doors. In a few weeks my windows wont be opened for months. 

So the  Little's bedtime came and went, and I had a date with a can of Sofia and my tivo remote!

http://www.napavalleysearch.com/napa_valley_articles/sofia_coppola_champagne.htm

My tivo was completely empty as I cleared it all out on Saturday after daddy let me stay in bed and on the couch all day! I LOVE HIS HAPPY RETURNS FROM LONG TRIPS AWAY! Last trip was over 10 days long. He spoils me so! 

Off to the temperpedic with a blue ray copy of China Town. Damn LAPD still hasn't changed!  http://cbs2.com/video/?id=120032@kcbs.dayport.com

Madeline is the only child who gets up at the crack of dawn to catch the school bus which promptly arrives at 6:40.  YES I SAID 6:40!!! This  has prompted me to create an early bedtime for myself. I've finally been getting good rest. Waking up happy and ready for my Earl Grey with vanilla creamer in the mornings. Madeline gets her self up every morning by the alarm clock.

 My 20 year old still has a hard time getting up on her own, which I take full responsibility for. As she and I used to sleep in when I was raising her as a teenage mom. This round of child rearing I'm parenting differently. Madeline  comes downstairs every morning to wake me up at 6:15. She's 6 years old. Am I living a fantasy  when I think of her still doing this at 16?

 I then begin the gourmet breakfast preparations. Remember we don't use a microwave!

 (1o0 yr old farmhouse+ microwave+ me having to go into the scary basement to joggle the fuse that's blown after every use= reason we don't use a microwave.)

That's why I call every meal a gourmet meal! 

This morning Madeline came around the corner to her awaiting steaming egg sandwich and fresh squeezed OJ and said: 

"Mom, I don't like my eyes like this in the morning. Make it go away! Get it off." 

 I said, "Like what honey?"  

She said. "All red and puffy. You don't have it. Take it off me like yours!"

WOW, now if it was Mother's Day I would have expected it, but dang it sure was nice to hear at the crack of dawn.