Getting the kids going in the morning can be challenging. Camille, who usually sleeps until the crack of noon on weekends, gets herself up early to shower and dry her beautiful long hair. But she's not typically a morning person so getting her up early to go anywhere else but school is difficult. Stefan on the other hand, springs out of bed and immediately starts talking. "Okay! I'm ready for coffee! Can you help me with my boots?!" He's always got an exclamation mark and speaks in a loud voice. I'm the kind of guy who requires a few minutes of solitude to drink my strong cup of coffee (allowing it to work medicinally) and read the front page of the paper before engaging in dialogue.
In our discord, we manage. I make our coffee and breakfast. He's a picky eater so it has to be just so (his way) or he looks pathetically at you and asks for something else. Camille only requires coffee. She'll make herself toast and eat a yogurt or cereal. While cooking oatmeal or frying an egg (not too dry or runny), I try and get him to go get dressed. He gets side-tracked with his cars which irks me.
Last night it snowed and continued to fall all morning. I was making them coffee and asked Stefan to go get dressed. At the table, he recited his french poem and picked at his breakfast. I went to make his lunch for school and told him to go get his boots on. We didn't turn the hall light on and it was kind of dark. He got his coat on and pulled his book bag over his shoulder. As he walked out the door into the well lit hallway I realized, he had put his shorts on!
Just another morning at the Chordas'!
twenty-something years of "what have you been up to?" 
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