Steps to Waking Up You Heavy Sleeper Sister: Part 1

Shake her really hard:  When you are trying to wake up your little sister at 6:30 a.m. before leaving to school, you may come to realize that eight year old girls don’t want to wake up.  Therefore, you may have to wake her up by shaking her a lot.   First you start by shaking her lightly; you then grab her by the shoulders and shake her until she opens her eyes.  I tried this for a couple days, but eventually my little sister became immune to the shaking.  

My little sister sleeping on the couch.  We tried to shake her, but she wouldn't wake up. 

Assist her in opening her eyes: Another way to wake up your heavy sleeper sister is to assist her in opening her eyes.  Softly pull your sister’s eye lid up and wait until they open the other eye before you let go.  Sometimes your sister may become immune to this to, and they’ll simply slap your hand away and go back to sleep.  If that happens, go to the next tip. 


Tell them they have five minutes to get up sbefore school: My little sisters wake up at 6:30 a.m. so that they can shower and read before school.  If your sisters have to get up early, it’s really effective if you go into their room and tell them that they have five minutes before their school bus leaves.  I can tell you from personal experience that telling them the wrong time gets them to literally jump out of bed.  


Tell them your dream: All of my siblings enjoy enlightening everyone else about their dreams; you can wake them up by sharing your dream while sitting on their bed.  Eventually, they will hear your voice and want to share their dream with you thus waking them up.  

If all else fails...
Drag her out of bed.

For One Another

To Be Continued...

The Beginning

     My name is Madeleine, but I go by Maddie for short.  When asked to write a blog on something I like to do, I immediately thought science, piano, singing, but after pondering about it I thought, I love being a little sister and an older sister.  I have one older sister, two younger sisters, and one younger brother.  I love playing and messing around with them.  Since I'm one of the three middle children, I decided to go for it... Confessions of a Middle Child.

My little sisters Natalie (left) and Brigitte (right) I am in the middle

Us messing around

     I researched three other blogs that have to do with either being a sibling or part of a family.  There aren't very many blogs about being a middle child, so I guess that my idea is original.  The first blog that I researched is Life in the Middle. The special feature of this blog is that Zulu has guest bloggers such as Ariel.   Ariel writes about the advantages of being a middle child.  My favorite part is "I always know where the line is and I know how to cross it and not get caught; I’m independent and responsible; I’m observant and calculating" (Guest Blogger: Making Lemonade). I'm really good at crossing the line... and not getting caught doing it.  This blog's tone is fun and captivating, and I want to be like this blog and make my posts fun and interesting to read. 

     The second blog that I researched is Middle Child 20 This blog's tone was very upsetting, but the blog itself was very colorful.  I liked this blog because it's very vibrant and makes you want to read because of the colors.  The blog was all about the hardships that the author is facing including some relatives suffering from cancer.  She wrote the blog to help her get through her hardships. I liked how the author shared her feelings and shared personal things. It helped me connect to her.  I hope that my blog is appealing to the eye and helps other people to get through their life by making them laugh. 

     The last blog that I looked at is Mid Kid Musings.  This blog has an upsetting yet humorous tone.  It's about a boy who writes about how hard it is to be a middle child; at the same time, Bruce, the author, uses humor to make the blog more interesting and fun to read. It had very cool pictures too.  I will use what I learned from his blog to make sure to make my blog very humorous, and I will add pictures too.