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The children had a four day weekend last weekend while their teachers attended training. Three of them love sleeping in and enjoyed the lazy mornings. Gabe, however, likes waking up at the same time every day.

Before bedtime, I had informed them all that they could sleep in until 10. However, once they got out of bed, they had to take care of their chores and responsibilities before watching TV or playing Wii/DS.

I was surprised when I woke up that Gabe had not gotten out of bed at his usual early hour. I remarked about his sleeping in. He responded, “I woke up at the regular time, but you said if we got out of bed, we had to do our chores. So, I didn’t get out of bed.”

His logic and ability to find loopholes is quite astounding to me.

Zeke, my true night owl, has tired of his relentless early morning Kindergarten routine. He will not wake up fully when I call him, so I carry him downstairs to the table while he is half awake. He rests his head on the table and complains that it “hurts my eyes” in a whiny voice.

The other day as I picked him up to carry him down the stairs, he asked, with his eyes still closed, “Why do we have to do this every morning?”