Some mornings are rough, especially the mornings when I have a deadline to be somewhere. This morning Violet had a dentist appointment so we needed to be at daycare by 7:30ish to get to the dentist on time.
Lately the kids have been sleeping in until 6:30 or later. Violet has been sleeping in until 7! This is truly awesome, except for weekdays when I need to have them ready so I can get to work on time. This morning, we were SOOOO close to leaving on time. Both kids were up and I managed to get them dressed by 7:15. Just before were heading out the door, of course, I had to change Hayden’s diaper one-more-time. Then, Violet didn’t want to wear the shoes she had on her feet. Neither kid wanted to wear coats. We were on the road at 7:42. I knew I’d never make it.Luckily traffic wasn’t too bad at that time and I got to daycare in probably record time: 13 minutes. After dropping off Hayden, Violet and I were off to the dentist.
This was Violet’s third visit to the dentist. She loves the dentist’s office. She does awesome. She was really happy to tell the hygienist all about her trip to Great Wolf Lodge and about her ‘super awesome birthday party’ that is coming up soon, as Violet said “we’re going to have TONS of people there!” She is correct; I may have gone overboard on the invite list – but heck, why not?! 
After the dentist visit, she and I went out to breakfast: Bob Evans, Down-On-The-Farm. We got our food in record time: she let our waitress know she was starving, so I think that had something to do with it. She ate 2 eggs, 2 pancakes, 2 sausage (a bonus sausage was included with her meal…), one piece of bacon, 3 bites of my crepes, all of her chocolate milk and half of her water. All of this was followed by one special sucker from the ‘candy store’ part of Bob Evans. She was having lots of fun with her straws in her cups – she managed to make a neat knot in one of them and was very proud of that. They had run out of ‘grown up’ straws, so everyone in the entire restaurant got their super long bendy straws, which she also thought was pretty neat. An older couple seated near us had their straws twisted up too.When we were leaving, she asked if we could have more special girl mornings. I let her know that dentist mornings can be our special mornings and every once in a while we can have them too. It was a lot of fun, and I hated to drop her off and go to work today.
Unbelievably, when we got to daycare, the first thing she asked was when snack was going to be. I hope she’s just going through a growth spurt and this isn’t going to be the trend. I really had a good morning with her. I wish Mondays were always this much fun.
