I’ve always thought of myself as a morning person. In my family, I was known as the one who would do more by 9 am than most people would do in an entire day! I’m one of those compulsive list-makers and always felt a major sense of accomplishment in crossing off that last to-do item and still have the entire day to enjoy. I never was one to sleep the day away, well, that was until I had children.
Now it takes all the energy in the world for me to drag myself out of bed at 6:30 am. Between getting the kidlets ready for school, commuting to the city, working full-time and coming home each night to a litany of chores – cooking dinner, doing the laundry, grocery shopping, paying the bills…you get the idea… I’m simply exhausted and just want to put my head down on the pillow and drift off to dream-land for a very LONG night of sleep.
Why though does the night seem to go by in the blink of a dark circle under-eye?! I could have sworn I just put my head down and the clock said 11:30 pm. How on earth can it already be time to get up and start another day?!
Luckily I have a very reliable and totally cute alarm clock, my daughter! Every morning without fail – whether it is a weekday or weekend, a school day or vacation day, she bursts into my bedroom just like the way the Kool-Aid man use to burst into every commercial back in the late 70s and early 80s.
Every morning my daughter bursts into my bedroom like the Kool-Aid Man used to burst into commercials (photo credit: Wikipedia)
I guess I’d be full of energy too if I were her. Most nights she goes to bed at 7:30 pm. After a solid 11 hours of sleep (could you even imagine!), I’d be full of vim, vigor and raring to start the day.
As much as I dislike getting up at that hour – or any hour at this point – seeing my little morning-glory and the huge grin she greets me with each day, makes it not seem so bad.
Mommy & her trusted alarm clock, who wouldn’t want that face waking them up every morning!
Now it’s your turn to sleep, I mean share — see, I’m so tired I don’t even know what I’m writing! What’s your favorite way to wake up in the morning?
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To breakfast in bed at 10 a.m. of course!
Sometimes it happens on Mother’s Day… that is a cute alarm clock you have there. I have a couple of those too… 
I feel this way everyday. I hate dragging myself from my bed but when I see my sons smiling face it makes it all ok.
SUCH an incredibly sweet picture! I’ve never been much of a morning person myself but this post does inspire me to get up a bit earlier so I don’t feel the need to rush like a crazy person in the morning. I can totally relate!
Loved your blog. You will get back your morning time when your kids become teenagers. How will you know? Easy. When they sleep in. I adored Saturday mornings. I would run around doing my school work, house work, etc and when the three girls and their Dad hauled out of bed around noon, I was ready to do things with the family. Enjoy them while they’re young.
Thank you for such a lovely compliment! I hope my tired body will make it until they are teenagers
I love them at this age, I wish I could just bottle it up. Thanks for coming over today & commenting. I hope you’ll be back soon!
I have always been one of those people who requires a lot of sleep (I was a real drag as a teenager, always making sure that I was home in time to get adequate sleep)….however, that all changed when I had kids, and the bags under my eyes are a constant reminder that I should probably be getting more…but my kids obviously don’t agree
Ooh, what I wouldn’t do for 8 hours of good solid sleep. I used to look forward to business trips so I could “sleep in” – but it’s way too quiet and I’m not used to being alone….so weird! Thanks for coming by today, please come back again soon!
How cute is she???? I SO understand that one…I have to admit, I wasn’t too excited when I realized my son figured out how to open his bedroom door….now 6:30 on the dot every morning…I wake up to not one but 2 pair of eyes staring at me from the edge of the bed…..
Thank you, she is a cutie-pie – but then again, I might be a little biased. Oh boy – you have it in stereo, I’m lucky I’ve only got a mono version! I hope you’ll be back soon & share some more mom moments with me!
Your daughter is absolutely adorable! I wish I had a cute little alarm clock like that to wake me up. Instead I have a very large, fluffy, orange and white cat that decides when it’s time for me to wake up. You would think that after I push him away he would give up, but noooo, he’s a persistent one. And if it’s not him waking me up, it’s my dog. Neither of them understand the concept of sleeping in it seems. Oh well, at least I get more accomplished.
Thanks for saying she’s adorable, I think she is, but I maybe biased
Yup, you don’t realize you need sleep until you have kids. I love hearing my son’s singing in the morning, its the best way to wake me up. Lucikly at three years old, he hasn’t learned to crawl out of the crib yet.
Going to add your button to my blog
Ugh, so tired all the time. I’ve been told it gets better, I just want more sleep! Thank you for coming by and joining in today. I hope that you’ll be back!