I was rereading some old posts from about a year ago, and thought it was fun to read about our "typical day"... wow how things change in one year! I had a little baby a year ago... and in another year I'll have a third little baby! Anyway, for memories sake I thought I'd type up a quick "day in the life" today!
Monday-Thursday are pretty routine around here... with two extra little ones around plus my two, things have to be!
6:00 - Wake up, make Gary's lunch, Gary heads off to work!
6:30-7:30 - Nathan wakes up, take a shower while he does blanket time upstairs, snuggles on the couch, and Alex wakes up
7:30-8:30 - Elijah and Asher arrive, watch cartoons, eat breakfast, get my kids dressed
8:30-10:00 - Play time!
10:00-10:15 - Snack time, Bible story
10:15-11:00 - Project time, letter of the week activity
11:00-11:45 - Independent Play time (one boy upstairs, one in basement and Nathan does blanket time for 30 minutes or so then helps me) while I clean up and make lunch
11:45-12:15 - Lunch time
12:15-1:00 - Play outside if it's nice or do some kind of activity inside
1:00-1:15 - potty, stories, down for naps
1:15-3:15 - Nap time... which ususally consists of me napping as well or watching tv/relaxing! I'm so exhasuted these days!!
3:15-3:45 - kids wake up, watch a show and eat a snack
3:45-6:00 - Free play, outside play, clean up, make dinner, etc.
6:00 - daddy gets home and kids leave!
6:00-6:30 - Family Dinner! (And soccer practice or small group for the evening if it's Tues/Thurs)
6:30-7:30 - Play with daddy!
7:30-8:00 - Baths (every other day usually), jammies, stories, bed time
8:00-10:00 - relax with the hubby and usually fall asleep on the couch ;)
10:00 - Head to bed!
That's our "normal" routine :) Of course the 6 month old that I watch eats a few times and takes a couple of naps in there somewhere, but it isn't really consistent. We have soccer practice and small group at 6:15 on Tues and Thurs right now and are gone all evening pretty much those nights... and I try to take the kids to the park for a picnic once a week in the middle of the day. Other than that, this is our normal weekday routine! Gary is still off every other Friday and on the other Fridays I spend the day with the kids doing something fun :) I'll be watching the extra kids for a little while yet, but have given them just before Thanksgiving as my "last available date" so that we can have soome time to prepare for baby 3 and enjoy our time as a family before becoming a family of 5 in late Jan or early Feb!
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