At the grocery, she’ll very possibly meet her friend, whom she’ll compliment on her new wig. Oh, wig! Her sheitel appointment!

If you give a mom a siddur, she’ll remember her son’s siddur party, and the Shabbos pants he needs that are still in the washing machine from last night’s load. She’ll race to the laundry room, siddur in hand, to switch the load to the dryer. Once she’s there, she’ll probably load the washing machine with the next round.

Seeing her oldest son’s clothes in the hamper will remind her that he needs to wake up ASAP if he’s going to make the bus. She’ll run upstairs to make sure he gets up. She’ll have to assure him that yesterday’s pants are fine (I spot cleaned them, they’re perfect!) and hustle him off to wash negel vasser.

The running water will probably remind her of the dishwasher that needs to be loaded. She’d never leave dishes in the sink overnight, her Hungarian grandmother would be horrified…. She’ll want to get those dishes out of the way before the serving-breakfast-making-lunch rush creates new chaos.

Which will remind her of the macaroni that needs to be put up already if she wants to have those lunches on time, and avoid having the kids grumble about frozen bagels (I promise they’ll defrost by lunchtime!). Filling the macaroni pot with water will probably remind her of the bath her seven-year-old skipped last night on the condition he take a bath in the morning. She’ll have to wake him up immediately so he’ll have time to take a bath before the bus comes.

She’ll run back upstairs to wake him, passing her older one on his way out the door (I’ll send your lunch with the younger boys!) Once upstairs, she’ll be preparing school clothes when she’ll think: What’s that smell?

She’ll run downstairs to find the pot of water semi boiled out and she’ll add in the noodles. This time, she’ll remember to set a kitchen timer. Back upstairs, with a handful of dry pants and a song to wake up the stragglers. (A song is the best wake-up tactic; the kids will do anything to make it stop.) Unfortunately, when she sings, it’ll also wake the baby, who’ll join in the scrabble.