What a morning!

This morning has been super busy since Kylee Anne came into my room at 4:45 am. What is with my children rising before dawn???

Ryan crawled into bed with Kylee Anne and me (Jack was already up for work)around 5:15 or so. At around 6:00, after much really wishing they would doze off and let mommy get some more sleep, I told them they could go into Ryan's room and play for a little bit until it was breakfast time. They made a quick exit and ran into Ryan's room. Maybe 20 minutes later, Ryan came to report that (1) he was ready for breakfast and (2) Kylee Anne was in the bathroom with the door closed. So, I sent him out on a reconnaissance mission. He did report back and to my dismay, at 6:30ish it was time to spring into action. She was eating a yogurt on the toilet. This was a yogurt container that she got out of the fridge, opened and then got a spoon from the drawer all on her own. She had eaten the whole thing (with the exception of that on the walls, floor and toilet).

This was followed by breakfast and a considerable amount of syrup in Kylee Anne's hair. This, coupled with all the orange juice she poured onto the table and her own feet, led to an a.m. bath. While in the bath, I had gone into the other room to answer the phone, she put the large towel from the towel rack into the water. Do you have any idea how much that towel weighed soaked in water?

Kylee Anne decided she wanted a snack. While I was beginning a climb on Mt. Laundry, I hear what sounds like cereal pouring onto the floor. What do you know? That's exactly what it is.

How many times a day do I say, "Please don't bother that cat!!!"?

The kids decided to play "picnic" in the living room. I think I've told you before that this involves bringing literally everything they can find into the room. You can imagine this sight. They also went on a "rescue mission" and got out the coloring books to rip out pages to make "maps".

Kylee Anne had a really disgusting potty training moment that involved a great deal of clean up. (Of course, I'll spare you the details.)

DING DONG! It's the doorbell! The pest control guy came and of course I had completely forgotten that this would occur today. So, flashblack to your mental image of the disarray in our house. I apologized for the mess and tried to explain the games the kids were playing. Oh well!!

This was ALL before 10:00 a.m.