Bad Choice, Mom

If you're super incompetent, your kids tend to make up for your shortcoming. I'm super bad at mornings, so both of my kids are pretty darn good at them. Usually.

Alexis continues to be a rock star just like she has been since kindergarten. I can count on one hand the number of times I've ever woken her up. She just magically gets up, feeds herself, and gets dressed every day. She always has. IT IS THE BEST.

Mila is on her way down the same path. Again, this is not a product of good parenting. It's a product of I AM SO BAD AT MORNINGS. The girls have to compensate. So far Mila isn't as good at mornings as Alexis (because early is dumb), but we're figuring out how to make it all work for her. She has to watch TV each morning for half an hour, for example, because she needs that time to be ready to face the day. Once she's had it, though, she's good.

Thus, the expectation is that she will watch an episode of whatever show (currently Muppet Babies is TOTALLY her favorite OMG) and then she will put her clothes on. By herself. She often picks them out the night before, but it doesn't matter because I do if she doesn't. She finds clothes on the table near the television and helps herself out.

Today was one of those days when she picked her outfit. She actually picked it on the way home from hockey the other night. She absolutely wanted her "space shirt" and "pink tutu" which is a legit outfit because it's good to be a four-year old girl these days. She mentioned that was what she wanted to wear probably 23509461235 times, including about 13510923 times this morning when she was memorizing Fozzie's bad jokes. She was absolutely sure that it was the perfect outfit for her day right up until it was time to put it on.

And then she lost her fool mind.

The kid screamed and flailed and threw things, all because she wanted a different shirt. Why would I think she wanted to wear the "space shirt?" Just because she said she did doesn't make it true! GOSH, MOM. BE GONE WITH THAT AWFUL SHIRT, MOM.

Which is all to say, Mila may have some morning skills, but that doesn't mean she plans to use them every day.