The Return of Waffle Mornings

Most weekend mornings, Chris and I growl back and forth to each other to decide who is going to get up with the kids when we hear the first little voice at 6:30 a.m. To be honest, most mornings, Chris wins and gets to sleep in to the luxurious hour of 8:30 a.m. -- he does only get an average of 5 hours of sleep a night now-a-days due to work (and hockey).  However, even if he is "sleeping in," the kids go to find him when they get hungry. Tess tickles his toes; Claire nuzzles in under the covers so she is nose to nose; and recently, Declan gets in on the action by body-slamming his little 13 month self onto Chris' belly.

So Chris pulls himself out of bed and makes our waffles. On these lazy weekend mornings, we love to actually sit down while we sip coffee, lick syrup off our fingers, and breath a little after the craziness of our weekdays.  Here are a few pics from a recent waffle morning.  And, as you can see, our growing family is soon going to need more than one waffle from the waffle maker to share!

And some oldies, but goodies from past waffle mornings that make me realize we need more of these moments:

Tess at 13 months:

Waffle Morning Dance Party - Tess at almost 3 years and Claire at 15 months: