Mornings and book shelves

I don't know if our struggles to get the girls moving in the morning are worse than any one else. I admit that I struggle to get ready for the day (headache or not).  But Todd and I are now the nagging duo.  Have you brushed your hair (obviously not)?   Have you brushed your teeth?  Have you brushed your teeth (different kid)?  Aren't you going to eat your breakfast?  Where is your backpack?  Surely some of you can relate to this.  Todd is seriously ambitious in the morning.  He wakes up with his brain "on".  So this morning in our shared annoyance at the girls slow moving pace, he thought it would be a good idea to come up with a checklist for the girls to keep them on track in the morning.  I was thinking about the flavor of my coffee creamer.  So after an internet search, here is what I came up with:

It is framed so they can use a marker and then wipe it off each night and start over.  I made 3- one for each room.  I will report back.  Here is where I found it (I changed it a little).  Free download: http://www.childreninspiredesign.com/content/free-download-back-school-morning-check-list

I also tried to trim down the bookshelves.  I have so many nursing books that I can't part with.  I know that is kind of nerdy, but I really like them.  I have this beautiful physiology textbook!  I don't want to get rid of them, but I'm not reading them every day either.  So they are going into storage to make room for new ones.

See that beautiful physiology book??  You should see the inside!

I love books.  I love owning books.  Todd is annoyed by owning lots of books, so I'm trying to humor him and get rid of some fiction books also.  The library will take our books that we don't want and put the ones they don't own on the shelves and the rest are somehow a donation to the library.  I guess I will have to start buying ebooks, but it's just not the same. 

Speaking of books, yesterday Alyssa got a new book at school!  She was very excited. 

Alyssa's 3rd grade Bible