Busted

On Sunday morning, Gemma slept in. This was not on our trip agenda. Apparently she did not get the memo that we were getting up and leaving earlyish on Sunday. She finally woke up about 8:30. This is a major sleep event for her with fewer than 5 similar occasions in the last 6 months.

However, the 2 nights spent in the hotel began the same way for everyone else.

6:20 to 6:30 William wakes up. He walks to the bathroom and turns on the light. The bathroom has a combined light/fan system so the light and fan are both on. William does not fully close the door. He finishes and washes his hands (note: Gemma is directly next to the bathroom area as that was the only place to squeeze in the crib.). While washing his hands, he mumbles and talks to himself. He stumbles back to bed and consistently finds a way to climb over Amelia's head.

Once Amelia wakes up, it is all over. Amelia has one volume. Loud. Here is a sample:

Amelia: it's not fair!
Mom (whispering): you need to whisper! Why isn't it fair? William is already ready to go.
Amelia (loudly, not a hint of a whisper): but I want to use your phone to play a game!
Mom: then get dressed. Get dressed quietly and whisper!
Amelia: but why? (Loudly, still) why do I have to whisper?

Usually, Gemma is awake at the first hint of her siblings so it was a true miracle that for close to an hour sunday morning Amelia spoke loudly and did not wake her sister.

Finally, I got the kids dressed, packed up the kids' half of the room and took the big kids down for breakfast, leaving Gemma with John.

Later in the morning, John was packing up the car and William was helping. On his way through the lobby, John grabbed a doughnut from the breakfast area. The trade off for getting to sleep until 8:30 is you don't get a sit down breakfast. When you get up with the kids at 6:15, you do.

William, John, and his doughnut got into the elevator with a group of older women who were traveling together (William met them at breakfast because he is Mr Personality).

Woman 1: oh! Are you bringing your wife a doughnut? How sweet are you?!?
John: ummmm.....I guess
William: (looks incredulously at John) No, Dad! That doughnut is for you!

--the group of women dissolves into laughter--

John: well, it is for me because I didn't have any breakfast yet. So, it is okay. Mama already had breakfast.

William: you didn't have any breakfast because you were sleeping in.

--more laughter--

Busted by a 6 year old.


William

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