This morning's commute and other commuting stories

"Get dressed! Do you need your PE kit today? Why aren't you dressed? Why are your underpants behind the sofa? Stop fighting each other! Put your shoes on! Why is that in your mouth?! Have you brushed your teeth? Have you brushed your hair? I need to get your water bottle - go and wait by the front door! It's time for school! Shoes! Teeth! Hair! Bottle! Pants! Door! School!"

So familiar. For me (with just one) the fighting is replaced by endless questions to delay doing whatever I'm asking her to do, my side of a typical morning conversation is:-

"Go and brush your teeth please."
"No, I don't know why dogs have black lips, go and brush your teeth."
"Yes, most animals have lips. Brush your teeth!"
"Snakes, yes, they have lips."
"Mammoths had lips, but they're extinct now. Brush your teeth!"
"Teeth!"
"I'm not answering any more questions until you've done you've brushed your teeth."
"Teeth!"

(Repeat with next item on the list: shoes, hair, coat, etc).