To tie or not to tie
Bear with me. Really, there is a point here. Let me give you a mental image of my school morning routine: We get the boys out of bed at 0645, usually using the lights-on-everybody-up!-let’s-be-uber-chipper-and-cooperative Method. Once all three are up, they go downstairs, and get their clothes. My eldest will get them on right away, then go and find his book, curl up and start reading. My middle will wander around, comment on this or that, usually not like his shirt, and