Breakfast involved eggs, biscuits, milk. Nary a granola bar in sight.
Lunch boxes packed, teeth brushed, all five kids getting along. There was a small bit of smugness as I called out to the five of them, “Get in the van. If you all load up, we’ll be super early.”
Early matters to them because the earlier you arrive at school, the more “morning recess” time you receive. Morning recess on sunny, good-weather days means Four Square. It’s a middle school sport that involves a ball, and four squares. And lots of lots of ferocious quarreling about whose ball is in, whose is out, and if the ball ever crossed the line. I’m fairly certain the shouts of “redo” can be heard from around the other side of the globe. But four square was on all our minds, as we loaded into the car minutes earlier than our 7:30 “go time.”