Reveille

I had to get the kids up early for an event this morning, so I stood in the hall between their rooms and tooted a military-style reveille on my invisible bugle and announced, "Time to rise and shine, troops!"  Noah came stumbling out and muttered sarcastically, "When I grow up, I wanna be just like you, Mom."  Sarah stayed in bed and yelled, "Be quiet!  I'm trying to sleep!"  She finally got up, and in the car on the way, she poked weirdly at her eyes and said she was putting in brown contacts today.