My kids have a freakish ability to wake up at 6:55 a.m. every morning. It doesn't matter how late they stay up. It doesn't matter how tired they are. Weekends. Weekdays. Holidays.
Yesterday morning they somehow slept in. At 7:15 I went to check on them and they were asleep, but I could hear the most raucous caucophony of birds outside their window... like "CAT IN OUR TREE EMERGENCY" sort of bird calls. I was amazed at how loud it was.
The kids came down a little later and I mentioned to them how loud the birds had been in their room a few minutes before.
Z got a sly look on her face and she watched me with sidelong eyes. "That's our alarm clock," she said.
"Ha ha," I said.
"No, really. 'A' figured out how to turn it on and we set it for 6:55 every morning."
Aha. Mystery solved.
"I could hear the most raucous caucophony of birds outside their window... like "CAT IN OUR TREE EMERGENCY" sort of bird calls."
ReplyDeleteBrilliant description. Nice one.