Let's Go

Well another week-end has come to an end and I do not look forward to getting up at the crack of dawn to get the kids off to school. I start out at 6:30 with Jacob, he is followed by Ian, Joey, Deebo, Jackson, Sophia and AnnaLisa. The only ones I really have trouble with are Sophia and Jackson. We pick out Sophia's clothes the night before but by morning she has completely changed her mind on what she wants to wear that day. She is 5 going on 15.  If I don't let her wear what she wants it is a fight of the wills. It goes something like this... No you cannot wear cable knit tights with shorts and no halter tops to school. Take the eye shadow out of your backpack and go wash the lipstick off. Put your money back in your bank you are not buying a tattoo from Ella. I don't care if the bus driver has one, you cannot have coffee on the bus. You do not need to pack a lunch you come home in 3 hours. She's the easy one!!
Jackson on the other hand drives me crazy. Here is his morning... Come on it's time to get up for school, OK 5 more minutes. Your 5 minutes are up lets go, I know you're cold hurry get dressed you'll warm up. Come on get up. So I pick him up and stand him in the hallway and he points his finger at me and says," I don't have to do what you say, I'm sick today put me back in bed". Nope get moving . The kids no bigger than a large stuffed animal but thinks he is the boss. Eventually he trots down the hallway to have breakfast, then it's a fight to get him to eat , get dressed and comb his hair. The hair thing drives me crazy. I have to style it like Justin Bieber, bangs swooped to the side, sides combed forward perfectly. He has to check it out in the mirror. The kids is 6 but he says the girls like it this way. After 10 minutes of hairstyling he puts on his sweatshirt and stuffs his hair in the hood. I just cannot win.
They are all on buses by 8:10 and I am already exhausted. This is the first time in 16 years I have had all my kids in school at the same time. It's kind of quiet around here, almost deafening. It is nice to sit in the peace and quiet for a few but when they all go a full day I think I may go nuts.