Early Sunday Morning

It would be just wrong to have a lie in on a Sunday once you have children. In fact what usually happens is that Sunday is that special day when your children are very careful about making sure we don't miss the dawn (best part of the day, right?). Late Saturday night entertainment is the 9pm movie, and if you have a drink past 10pm you really are living on the edge....

What makes me feel better about sitting watching 'The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists' for the 15th time at 6.15am is that I know I'm not alone. Millions of people are in the same position.

Car boot sales were invented by a couple who's children woke at 7am each weekday, and 5am on Sunday (maybe).
The people on the TV early Sunday morning are specially trained in being supportive and sincere. That's why there are so many David Attenborough repeats and showings of Frasier.
Sunday morning family swimming and under 10's football are a ploy by the local authority to lower the mental health bill by providing a support group where parents can get together and moan about how early it is.
Facebook actually has an alarm system that recognises the word 'knackered' before 6am on Sundays and then posts a few random updates from people in the same boat, featuring a few supportive words, 8 mentions of 'coffee' and a big hug at the end - these disappear by 7am leaving you entirely unsure as to whether you just dreamt it.


Of course by far the worst thing about these early mornings is that all too soon they stop. Although a 9am lie in is divine, it doesn't leave quite such a lasting memory as being snuggled up on the sofa half asleep under a blanket, or going to the park before everyone else, or watching the early morning snow through the window together....

Good morning.... *yawn*