Independence Day, Part 2
In my last post, I shared the rules my
family put together for our first ever Independence Day – a
day when the girls got to do whatever they wanted, whenever they
wanted, but had to be totally independent. They had to feed
themselves, clean up after themselves, and if they wanted to go
somewhere they had to get there under their own power and spend
their own money.
So this past Monday we had our Independence Day, and let me tell you, it was a glorious thing.
First off, our top rule: no waking Mommy and Daddy. Unless the house was on fire.
When we finally stumbled downstairs at 9 a.m. (NINE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING!) we found the girls sitting on the couch watching a movie and eating candy. “Have you had breakfast?” I asked.
“No,” Maddie replied, “We wanted bagels and we knew we couldn’t use the sharp knives to cut them so we waited for you.”
Apparently Maddie woke her sister at 7 a.m. – couldn’t wait any longer – and they got down to business right away, snacking and watching Cyberchase for about an hour before picking out a movie.
But did you catch the part where they didn’t wake us up? It was beautiful.
So this past Monday we had our Independence Day, and let me tell you, it was a glorious thing.
First off, our top rule: no waking Mommy and Daddy. Unless the house was on fire.
When we finally stumbled downstairs at 9 a.m. (NINE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING!) we found the girls sitting on the couch watching a movie and eating candy. “Have you had breakfast?” I asked.
“No,” Maddie replied, “We wanted bagels and we knew we couldn’t use the sharp knives to cut them so we waited for you.”
Apparently Maddie woke her sister at 7 a.m. – couldn’t wait any longer – and they got down to business right away, snacking and watching Cyberchase for about an hour before picking out a movie.
But did you catch the part where they didn’t wake us up? It was beautiful.