The Morning Timeline

7:43 -- I make the announcement, "Load up all buttercups!"  Quin repeats it.  We're on our way.

7:43 -- No Otto.  Hear grunting sound from kitchen.

7:44 -- Quin wants to see what's repulsing me.  While rolling up the toxic diaper I explain that you can see as good with your imagination as with your eyes. 

7:46 -- Washing hands.  Otto plants himself in front of refrigerator and his demanding a 'nana', something that after much anger and confusion we found is a pickle.  We're out 'nanas'.  I get him string cheese. 

7:46 -- Quin wants string cheese, too.

7:47 -- Quin doesn't want half of Otto's string cheese so takes both. 

7:47 -- I scold Quin.  He shoves entire string (which is really more like a dowel) of cheese into his mouth.

7:48 -- I stand there trying to think of something to say.

7:50 -- I get Otto his own string of cheese.  He takes a bite and gives the rest to Paco.

7:52 -- Otto successfully loaded in the car, I go to buckle Quin.

7:52 -- Quin opens his mouth and ejects now ball of cheese into my hand.

7:52 -- Paco gets more cheese.

7:54 -- Backing out of driveway Quin demands milk.

7:54 -- My explanation that there's a lot of milk in cheese hits some resistance.

7:54 -- I tell Quin to have some of Otto's milk.

7:54 -- Quin launches into an angry chant: "I want MY sippy cup!" 

7:57 -- "I WANT MY SIPPY CUP! I WANT MY SIPPY CUP!  I WANT MY SIPPY CUP!"

7:58 -- I announce the passing of a cement mixer truck.  Quin bites. 

7:58 -- Peace is restored. 

8:02 -- Arrive at school. 

8:03 -- Give the boys a big, huge hug.

8:03 -- Otto blasts a pound of snot onto me.