Family Rituals

Saturday and Sunday mornings are extra special to me because we're not in a huge hurry to get everyone ready for the day and on-time! Blake almost always wakes up around 6:00 (sometimes it varies from 5:50ish to 6:20ish) but I always bring her to our bed at that time and we sleep in a little longer. On weekends, we usually sleep til around 7:00 when she repeatedly asks me to get up and for juice! We fix a cup of orange juice, change her diaper, let the dogs out and back in, and settle in the recliner to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. We cuddle up and watch 2 episodes (til 8:00) and gradually over the hour of Mickey she gets moving and grooving and we're fully ready to play! She usually starts calling (very loudly) for Daddy to come join us, or will go climb back in our bed to get him up too.
Blake always loves being a helper, and she especially loves helping Daddy get the newspaper! It's extra-fun when they decide to drive her car to get it!