Morning Time

Lauren is pretty good in the morning and so far has had no problems getting up and ready for school. Most mornings she comes running in my room without me having to wake her up. I get up and ready and then I get her ready for school.

Before she started kindergarten we could run late and it was no big deal. Since her preschool did not start until 9:00 if she got to her aunt's house by 8:00 she was fine. However, now that she has started kindergarten she has to be at school before 7:45 and since I drop her off we have to get out of the house on time. I am proud to say that Lauren has not been late once in the 4 weeks since school started.

The only concern I have in the morning is breakfast. When Lauren was going to preschool she would eat breakfast at her aunt's house and just have some orange juice when she woke up at my house. She now has to eat breakfast at home and that is a struggle. We have tried so many things and I am lucky to get her to eat a few bites. I know that it is important to have a good breakfast but I just don't think she likes to eat that early. The only thing that makes me not worry so much is that she has lunch at 10:15. (I think that is a bit crazy but that is schedule!) I figure if she is really hungry she will eat her whole lunch.

These pictures were taken one morning this week. I just love seeing her dressed and ready for school. She always looks so grown up and yet when I look at these pictures I still see that baby I remember.

I was reminded of how much she is growing up when I was dropping her off at school one day this week. In the morning when she has her juice I still put it in a sippy cup so she can lay on the bed or on the couch and drink without worrying about spilling it. Sometimes she takes it in the car with her. One day this week she had taken the sippy cup in the car and was drinking it but once we got by school she handed it to me and told me to hide it. She explained that she didn't want anyone to see her because she is way too big to be drinking from a sippy cup. I just hope she doesn't tell me she wants me to drop her off a block away from school because she doesn't want anyone to see her hug and kiss me goodbye.