I do not understand how little boys can wake up at 7:30 on a Saturday morning so they can play the Wii but not manage to get out of bed at 7:30 on a school day! They were like zombies, moaning, groaning, drooling....
It was so frustrating! And then Little Bro had the GALL to fake big crocodile tears in the bathroom when I told him to wash his face and brush his teeth!
We were more than 10 minutes late to school today. Which means at the boys' school that is SO late that the "hey you're tardy come in and sign your kids in" sign has already been taken in... That is EMBARRASSINGLY late.
I do NOT know what to do about getting these kids out of bed in the morning. Any suggestions?
I'm pretty sure that a taser would be a violation of DHS policy. So, I'm thinking bullhorn.
OK, with a 2.5 year old I am the anti-expert... but thinking out loud:
ReplyDeleteCheck the obvious things first: getting to bed early enough, winding down enough in advance that the first hour after bedtime isn't spent pinging instead of sleeping...
Other than *your* wishes, do *they* have any reason to want to be on time? Or to want to avoid being tardy? Is there anything you could propose as a benefit of on-time arrival (or, conversely, a privilege they might lose if they drag their feet)?
Something simple. Wyatt often gets to choose what to have for breakfast if we get downstairs early enough. If not, he gets to eat dry Cheerios in the car. (Don't worry - they give him a real breakfast at school later!)
what time does their school start?! p's starts at 7:40, so we're supposed to get up at 6:30. you can imagine we don't have a very clean tardy record. it's dirty, actually. nasty dirty. about how to get them to move more quickly, i entice with breakfast at the table, even if it's just a granola bar and oj. but i only have one. also, haaaaaaaaaaaa ;)
ReplyDeleteWe have to be at school by 7:45, but most days they are dropped off by 7:25. The school actually encourages them to be early to avoid all the tardies. So by planning on being there by 15 minutes BEFORE school starts, we are never late. I guess that'd be my biggest advice -- set your departure time EARLY so there is plenty of room for error. Seriously, only one tardy all year because Doug took them to eat crepes at Mod's, haha, which was his fault. And I suppose I'm a mean mom that doesn't give many choices -- I lay out breakfast for them (if they don't like it, guess they'll be extra hungry that morning, although no one's taken me up on it), I lay out their uniforms, and then all they have to do is eat what's in front of them, get dressed, make their beds and brush their teeth. We get up at 6:45 every day and all four kiddos are fed, dressed, groomed, and out the door in 30 minutes or less. Ba-da-bing. ;)
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