It finally pays off to have an early riser.

Ben has been an early riser since he was 3 months old. He wakes up EVERY morning at 5:30am. He is happy and ready to face his day. You can image how fun this was when he was a baby and toddler and we had to get up with him.

Over the past couple years he has become much more respectful with his early rising. He stays in his bed and reads or whispers to himself. Sometimes he'll tiptoe to the bathroom or even get himself dressed. Then he waits until around 6:30 when I come into their room to wake them up. Charlie is almost always still sound asleep.

Today I went in his room and saw him fully dresses and bed made!

Me: Wow, that's great Ben!

Ben: AND I went downstairs and made my lunch.

Me: Really ( a little nervous)?

Ben: Yes, and I made Charlie's too. I made sandwiches, apples and cheese sticks. Then I put them in our backpacks. I also put our library books in our backpacks. Mine was missing the card, so I made a new one (he hand wrote his name on a paper and cut it to the proper size). I put snacks and juice boxes in there too. Then I did my homework and I did Charlie's too! I put our homework in our folders and put them our backpacks. We are all ready for school!
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Oh my goodness! He is either getting very responsible or I am a slacker mom. I had nothing to do this morning except feed them breakfast. I'm sure Ben would have been happy to do that too!

In case you are wondering (or Mrs. N is reading), we don't always do homework in the morning. They have soccer practice after school on Wednesday and they are soooo tired, so I usually let them do their homework in the morning.