Daily Schedule

Do you ever wonder what someone else's typical day looks like? Well, here's the way mine usually goes:

7:00 - Wake up, get Kendle up and going for school
7:30 - Make breakfast for the two older kids, pack Kendle's lunch, do Kendle's hair
7:55 - Send Kendle out the door for the bus
8:00 - 8:30 Get babies up and feed them breakfast
8:30 or so - Put babies in the tub and get them cleaned up and dressed
9:00 - do a quick pick up and tidy up the house, start a load of laundry, think about dinner prep
9:30 - have a bit of down time, check blogs, email or facebook while I eat some toast or whatever I can grab for breakfast
10:00 - give the kids a little snack
10:30 - fold laundry if it's done and put it away
11:00 - put babies down for a nap and go work out while they sleep
11:45 or 12:00 - eat lunch with the Morgster
After lunch - any deep cleaning or other projects that need to be done
                  - try to relax for a bit until the babies wake up
2:00 or so - Babies wake up from nap, get them fed and Morgan a snack and have some playtime for a while.
3:45 - Kendle gets home from school and feed her a snack and get her started on homework, piano, or whatever else she needs to do
4:30 or so - start dinner prep and try not to let the kids drive me crazy
5:30 or 6:00 - Dinner Time
After dinner - quiet time (or not so quiet time usually) Kids usually watch a movie, read books, or just play for a while. There are usually footballs and baseballs and soccer balls whizzing around.
8:00 - Bed time. We put all the kids to bed and by the time everything is said and done it is usually around 8:30. Kendle usually reads in bed for a while.
8:30 - Quick pick up of the house, putting things away and getting ready for the next day. Me and Riley finally get some quiet time to ourselves to talk, watch TV, and just relax.
10:00 - Bed time for me.

Now when I say that is a typical day, I guess that isn't entirely right. That's if I don't have to leave and go anywhere all day. Tuesdays and Thursdays Morgan has preschool so we have to adjust nap times and things like that a little bit those days. And when Kendle has sports practices, Activity Days, or piano lessons in the afternoons/evenings and Riley is coaching that moves things around as well.  But basically it just illustrates that as a mom, my days are usually entirely filled to the brim. Sometimes it can feel like a rat race. Other times it can feel like a great accomplishment.

There are some days where I don't feel like doing anything and a lot of stuff besides taking care of the kids gets thrown out of the window. I would have to say my least favorite time of day is while I'm trying to make dinner and the kids are complaining their starving and everyone's tired and it is really, really loud in our house. Like I'm sure everyone on the block can hear the noise coming from inside our home. My favorite time of day is when I get done working out, Morgan is watching cartoons or a movie, and the babies are still sleeping and the house is just quiet and Morgan and I can just eat lunch and relax for a bit together. I do love some quiet time to myself. I do love the occasional loud crazy fun family times too.

Well, I guess it's time to go sweep up the crumbs from snack time...............