Ilham&Ihsan's morning routine

Mood: busy busy busy Playing: I Am Mine - Pearl Jam

Originally posted on http://www.ummikusayang.com
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This is my kids' morning routine:

1am, 2am, 3am, 4am ... 6am :
- spin around on my bed, make sure my feet touches somebody's face at least once

615am :
- Whine about not being able to open my eyes when my Ayah (Dad) wakes me up.
- sleep on my stomach to shield my eyes from the bright lights.
- wonder why my Ayah wont stop waking me up.
- Give up and sit up.
- Rub my eyes and whine some more.
- Wait for Ayah or Bonda (mom) to say something that could motivate me to walk to the bathroom. Good ones would be:
"It's X number of days till your trip to the Bread factory",
"It's X number of days till A's birthday party",
"It's X number of days to a holiday".
- Follow Ayah/Bonda to the bathroom.
- If I still can't open my eyes, whine and complain some more.
- Sit on the loo and whine and complain some more while I pee.
- Get off the loo, rinse my dickie and look for my toothbrush.
- Wait for my brother while complaining why he's not brushing his teeth.
- Brush my teeth.
- Wait for Ayah or Bonda to tell me to take a shower.
- Walk to the shower, walk around the shower gel bottle a few times till Ayah or Bonda to tell me again to take a shower.
- Walk to the shower v e r y s l o w l y.
- Wait for ayah or bonda to tell me to turn on the shower.
- Hold the shower faucet. Yawn. Wait for ayah or bonda to tell me
again to turn on the shower.
- Turn on the shower v e r y s l o w l y.
- Once the water hits my body, jump about like a lunatic and scream as loud as I can about how cold the water is, ignore whatever ayah or bonda says about feeling more fresh if the water is cold.
- Wait for ayah or bonda to ask whether I have used soap.
- Pump some shower gel in my hand, rub it into my hair and my chest only.
- If my ayah or bonda asks, then I'll consider putting soap on my
other body parts.
- Rinse off soap from my body.
- Stand by the bathroom door, jump up and down and yell "I'm done!!!!",
- shiver and complain about feeling cold.
- If my ayah or bonda notices, I'll go back and rinse off the soap in my hair. If not, I will just wipe it off with my towel. Which I
will also use to rub my face and then complain that my eyes hurt.
- Taunt my brother about being SLOW.
- Go to my room, pick out my clothes.
- Insist on wearing my batman t-shirt with the cape. Insist even if it's torn under the arm or even if it's in the washing machine.
- Insist that my brother is wearing my underwear.
- Bring all my clothes to my parent's room.
- Put on my underwear v e r y s l o w l y.
- Watch my bonda/ayah pray. Sit as if time is frozen. DO NOT PUT ON MY CLOTHES.
- If there's a book lying around, read the book. If there's a toy
lying around, play with the toy.
- Wait for ayah/bonda to tell me to put on my pants. Wait for a 'Please'.
- Put on my pants v e r y s l o w l y.
- If there's a book lying around, read the book. If there's a toy
lying around, play with the toy.
- Wait for ayah/bonda to tell me to put on my shirt. Wait for a 'Please'.
- Put on my shirt v e r y s l o w l y.
- Taunt my brother for being slow.
- Gawk at bonda putting on her headdress.
- Ask whether today is the day we go to the bread factory or if
it's A's birthday or if it's a holiday.
- If there's a book lying around, read the book. If there's a toy
lying around, play with the toy.
- Gawk at ayah while he combs his hair.
- Wait till ayah/bonda says "Okay it's time to go, lets go downstairs".
- Say "I want to comb my hair".
- Complain why parents are so cranky in the morning.