Is it Worth It?

Sometimes it takes me close to 2 hours to get the kids ready in the morning to go on our morning drive to McDonald's. That 2 hours includes making, serving, and cleaning up breakfast, multiple diaper changes, dealing with several temper tantrums, nursing Savannah, brushing hair, getting them dressed, starting laundry, and finally corralling them so I can load them up in the car. Let's not forget me - put in contacts, brush teeth, brush hair, make bed, put on some presentable clothes in case we wreck and I actually have to get out of the car, and finally, a quick check of email to see if there's any last minute playdates that have come up for the day. Now of course, most of those things I would be doing anyway and not just because we're about to get out of the house. Okay, maybe minus the actual getting dressed part - I have no problem with all of us staying in our pj's all day if we aren't having company or going anywhere. Does that make me lazy? I think not, I just like comfort and there's nothing I like to wear more around the house than a pair of flannels and a t-shirt! Hmmmm okay, I know, not very flattering but I'm all about comfort. At any rate, the thought of a vanilla iced coffee is always in the back of my head during our entire morning routine because I know once I'm done with it all we can make our drive to McDonald's. Mmmmm, vanilla iced coffee, my little piece of heaven. The entire drive takes only 6 minutes (McDonald's is very close to our house and that 6 minutes is round-trip). Sometimes I take the long way home just so the drive isn't so quick - there's a couple of horse stables around our neighborhood and I'll drive by so Benjamin can see the horses and make his horse sounds. So, is it worth all the fuss for a 6 minute drive so Mommy can get her morning iced coffee? Most definitely.....

P.S. I promise McDonald's isn't paying me to say this. I wish they were though!