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365: Day 139


5/20/13: Mornings have turned into mass chaos around here since daylight savings time ended. This winter I usually had to wake the kids up at 7:30. Now they wake up with the birds and we hear the pitter patter of little feet up and down the hallway. I haven't adjusted my morning routine, however, so this means I have two energetic kids running around and wrecking havoc while I'm in the shower and trying to get ready for work. By the time this picture was taken around 7am on Monday I had somehow managed to get Silas completely dressed, but for some reason Zoe's pajama shirt was off and she was only wearing pj pants. And underneath the blanket mountain was every stuffed animal that they own...

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