We now have a fifth- and a sixth-grader in the house.
Go figure. This morning the usual school-work day scramble as both kids up late having become a bit too comfortable sleeping in until whenever. Jackets lost, new shoes - misplaced! - bags filled. Of course : rain. Sonnet madly
blow dries her hair.
Cereal! Toast! Juice! Bowls clatter, the counter covers w/ detritus. Madeleine debates walking to school by herself but we agree to wait a few weeks. The clock ticks to 0830h, which puts Eitan on edge:
"We have to go!" I don't help things much by insisting on a photo, pictured. Lee, who is painting our inside house "caramel" - drinks his coffee, in a protected corner, as the activity moves by him. Rusty gets into the action, bouncing about with some rubber thing, then chews my back pack refusing to give it back. Finally, all sorted, and everyone : Eitan, Madeleine, Sonnet, Kamila, Rusty gone.
