A day in the life of.....

A friend had a cute post the other day on her blog. I thought it was such a cute idea, that I thought I would try it too. So here is “A day in the life of….”

Daddy’s alarm clock goes off around 7:30 and he hits snooze at least twice. That has bothered me since we’ve been married, but I choose my battles and that is a losing one. Once he gets out of the shower, I get up to get mine--usually around 10 til 8. The kids are not allowed to get out of bed until it is an 8—on any day.

If the kids are awake and can get up when Daddy leaves, we all stand at the back door and wave as he leaves. The kids usually watch Curious George until 8:30 and then we eat breakfast, usually pop tarts, granola bars, cereal, cinnamon rolls, or chocolate chip muffins. After breakfast, C goes upstairs to start school and K usually watches a little more TV. I clean up breakfast, check what is for dinner, maybe empty the dishwasher, check e-mails and blogs, balance the check book, do laundry, clean, maybe read a little (my Bible or a good Karen Kingsbury book or a new book to read to the kids at night), and lately I have been sorting thru winter clothes for the kids.

We eat lunch around noonish, depending on where C is in his school subjects. We wait til he is at a break between subjects. Lunch is usually hotdogs, popcorn chicken, grilled cheese or leftovers--if there are any. After lunch, C goes to finish school and K and I play or read or do puzzles. K goes to her nap around 2:30 and usually (hopefully) C is done with school by then. He usually watches a movie during her nap time. He doesn’t know it, but he is actually doing “quite time.” I usually go upstairs and exercise and get ready for school the next day. Lately, after all that is done, I have been Scrapbooking—finally!

K gets up from her nap a little before 5 and we sometimes we will have a snack. Dinner is around 6:15 or once Daddy gets home from the gym. After dinner is all cleaned up, we usually sit and watch TV and/or play with the kids. We start our bedtime routine around 8:45 with the kids picking up toys. Then it’s jammies, teeth, and Daddy reads a chapter out of our book (we just finished Charlotte’s Web and I cried when Charlotte died). Then prayers and kisses and off they go! I then sing the “Hallelujah Chorus” as I come down the stairs. Daddy and I watch TV until 11 and then it’s our turn for jammies, teeth and bed.

Mondays are different cuz we go to Wal-Mart and that takes up most of the morning. Tuesdays I used to have my babysitting kids, but that has stopped somewhat. Thursdays I do laundry and Fridays I clean. Monday nights Daddy had softball games, although the last ones were last night (YEAH). Wednesdays we have AWANA which makes for a rushed and late night. Otherwise, I am pretty much a stay-at-home mom all week. Last week I went out Monday morning (Wal-Mart), Wednesday night (AWANA) and Friday night (dinner at Texas Roadhouse) and that was it.

All of this is subject to change depending on our schedule. Right now, potty trips are too numerous to count and that makes for a different day. (By the way, it is still on-going with a little set-back due to the weekend). It will be interesting to look back at this in a year and see what has changed.

Here are some pix from the kids at breakfast this morning. C is eating a college football poptart. He is about to "gobble-up" the yucky Gators. Go FSU!

PS: I must set the record straight. (See comment on this post) My brother informed me that C is not eating a Gator poptart but a Georgia one. I was wrong. I called Daddy and he confirmed the info. Good job brother! (I was told to give him all the credit) But we can still say "Yucky Gators" and "Go FSU!"