Typical Day
SIDE NOTE TO POST: I need to preface my next statement with this...I am so happy to be here and I absolutely love the time I have with one of my favorite families. I would like to say that anyone whoever disses or disrepects a stay-at-home mom, especially when you have 3 children under the age of 7, you will hear words from me if not a slap in the face to knock some sense into you.
I have been asked what my typical day is like with my friends here in England while the Dad is deployed in Iraq (so me, Mom and 3 kids).
Here is a typical day when we don't have gymanstics or ballet to attend:
7:30am Awaken (about an hour and a half after Heather awakes) and get ready for the day
7:45am: Go downstairs and see what I can assist with, do the dishes, feed kids breakfast, clean up after breakfast, change Kate's diaper, help get the kids dressed for the day.
8:15am: Every other day run about 1.5 - 2 miles
8:30am: Taylor starts homeschool, so I either do math and language arts while Heather hangs out with Alex, or I hang with Alex and Heather does school. (Kate - 1st nap).
11:30am: Prepare the kids lunch (always a veggie first, then usually a sandwich of some sort)
12:30pm: Play time, play games, etc. Clean the kitchen/lunch table up.
1:30pm: Rest time for Taylor and Alex, and Kate takes her 2nd nap of the day. Heather and I eat lunch (no kids to beg from our plates) :)
2:30pm: Taylor and Alex down from rest time. Taylor finished up school (Phonics with Mom) and I hang with Alex.
3:30pm: Kate wakes up and I usually get her up because Heather is on her daily 3-4 mile run. Kids and I watch a 30 minute video and I give them their snacks. Fruit or rice cakes usually.
4:30pm: Heather starts to prepare supper and I help unless I am entertaining the kids. They are usually running around everywhere at this point.
5:00pm: Eat supper
6:00pm: Clean off the table and the kids. Heather takes the 2 older ones up and gets them ready for bed - teeth brushed, in jammies, and in rooms with some books. I play with Kate and bring her up to her room. Do the hand off to Heather, and I scoop up the kids water cups and takem downstairs and fill them up.
6:45/7:00pm: Kate is now sleeping, the kids are listening to their Papa tape (their Papa reads stories to them on tape since he is gone), and Heather wraps things up there. I clean up the kitchen so when Heather comes down she can do whatever she wants to and we usually sit and have dessert on the couch and chat or watch a movie or by the computer and do Christmas shopping/searching.
10:00pm: Lights off because the kids wake up at 6ish every morning. I usually go up and read or call West Coast friends since I get to sleep in a little longer in the morning :)
So that is a day in the life of Marci...Here is a picture of bedtime - all hands involved this night.
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on 14 November 2006 at 11/14/2006.
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Hmmm....is someone getting prepped for motherhood?? (He heeeee - I really couldn't resist). Well, at least you're getting some training. I feel like I was dropped into a whole new world this year with Rachel & Jonathan coming to live with us. As much as your life changes, though, you change with it and now I can't imagine living without them and start to miss them after a weekend apart. God is good.
Girl, you know your my homey (homette..?) and always will be. My love to the peeps and smooches to you. Love your blog and not to mention your phoootoooos. They're AWESOME!
Love ya!
Monica.
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