- 6:30 - wake up and feed the kids breakfast.
- 7:00 - get all children dressed, teeth brushed, hair fixed.
- 7:30 - look at books or play calmly.
- 8:00 - send Connor to school with Ben.
- 8:15 - go to YMCA daily!
- 9:15 - put Elinor down for morning nap.
- 9:30 - teach Sophia everything she needs to know in the entire world.
- 10:15 - play with Sophia
- 10:30 - let Sophia play quietly while I do some housework
- 11:00 - get Elinor up from her nap
- 11:30 - put on show for girls to watch while I make lunch.
- 12:00 - Lunch with Dad
- 12:30 - quiet play time before nap.
- 1:00 - Nap time
- 1:00 - 3:00 - create amazing craft projects, clean entire house, in general - just be amazing.
- 3:00 - Wake girls up from their naps.
- 3:30 - Connor comes home from school and gets to watch two television programs.
- 4:30 - Kids play quietly while I begin dinner preparations.
- 5:00 - Dad is home!
- 5:30 - Time for dinner.
- 6:00 - Dinner clean up
- 6:15 - Baths
- 6:45 - Bedtime stories and devotions
- 7:00 - Bed time for the girls.
- 7:15 - 8:30 - various quiet activities with Connor.
In real life it looks more like this:
- 6:00 - wake up
- 6:30 - breakfast
- 7:00 - Run Sophia to the bathroom
- 7:30 - continue to try to get everyone dressed and wonder if I have enough time for shower
- 7:45 - Run Sophia to the bathroom
- 8:00 - send Connor to school with Ben and hope that he actually did brush his teeth.
- 8:15 - Sit on the couch, exhausted, and think about going to the YMCA
- 8:30 - Run Sophia to the bathroom
- 9:00 - Convince myself that I will go to the YMCA tomorrow and put Elinor down for a nap.
- 9:30 - Play Barbies or My Little Ponies with Sophia. Pretend that all of them are going to the mall.
- 9:45 - Run Sophia to the bathroom
- 10:00 - put on an educational TV show to teach Sophia all the stuff I was supposed to while I check facebook
- 10:30 - Do some housework - mostly the stuff that Ben will notice so he will think I am working harder than I am.
- 10:45 - Run Sophia to the bathroom and go get the crying baby out of bed.
- 11:00 - put on show for girls to watch while I change diapers, and think about what would be the easiest and healthiest..ish thing I could make for lunch.
- 12:00 - Lunch with Dad
- 12:30 - Run Sophia to the bathroom. Clean up from lunch.
- 1:00 - Nap time
- 1:00 - 3:00 - play on the computer, look at amazing craft things other people made, take a nap.
- 3:00 - Wake girls up from their naps.
- 3:05 - Run Sophia to the bathroom.
- 3:15 - Clean up a Sophia accident.
- 3:30 - Connor comes home from school and gets to watch two television programs.
- 3:30 - bedtime - Connor and Sophia scream and fight with each other
- 4:30 - Take Sophia to the bathroom.
- 5:00 - Dad is home!
- 5:30 - Time for dinner.
- 6:00 - Dinner clean up
- 6:15 - Baths...maybe.
- 6:45 - Bedtime stories and devotions
- 7:00 - Bed time for the girls.
- 7:15 - 8:30 - various quiet activities with Connor.
Is anyone else's life like this?
I totally relate to 75% of that!!! Sounds alot like my day - minus the Ben and the "Y" parts. It gets better!!!
ReplyDeleteMine totally is! A schedule is a joke to me now but still, I have one on the fridge...it just never get's followed!
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