Our Day (typically)

I saw on another blog that I read (she has 5 kiddos all a year apart, so she's inspiring to me), that she did a post of "Day in the Life" where she basically wrote out everything she did in a day.

I thought it would be a neat idea, help hold me accountable, see where I waste time, make the most of my time, etc.  So here it goes,,my version of "Day in the Life"  :-)

7:00 Hear Seth wake up and get ready for work (he is such a sweet hubby and picks out his clothes the night before and puts them on the couch to get ready in the living room and even brushes his teeth, deo, and cologne in the kitchen, so that I can get some extra sleep without being disturbed),,I know I hit the JACK POT with my sweet, wonderful husband :-)

7:30 Wake up open the door to let the girls get up,,they are pretty much always awake and talking/laughing with each other waiting on mommy to let them out of bed.  Then we cuddle on the couch with a quilt talking about what we want to do for the day while waiting on Mr. Titus to wake up

7:45 I hear Titus playing in his bed so I go and get him,,,I line all the kiddos up and change diapers and put on clean diapers or panties (for Stevie)

8:00 The kids sit at the table while I prepare breakfast, normally I ask them what they would like for breakfast, most often they will respond with legit breakfast meals, but sometimes they say "goldfish" or "chocolate cake" or "I want Neela for breakfast" ha!

8:10 we eat breakfast together and then after breakfast while we are all still sitting at the table, we have our Bible time, prayers, and sing songs to Jesus :-)  They are amazing at how well they soak it all up and really enjoy it!!  I brush their teeth while they are still at the table

8:45-9ish We take off pj's and put on real clothes for the day, depending on what we are doing that day decides rather we have play clothes or "real clothes" on

9:15 Titus goes down for his morning nap and the girls and I have our Learning time (which lasts about an hour),,we talk about the day of the week, months of the year, weather, Holidays/Birthdays, we have a learning board that we do that contains the weekly letter, number, color, character trait (honesty, courage, etc.), and most often we have some sort of craft to work on,,some days it is elaborate and some days it is super simple, also we read books that go along with the learning theme for the week.

10:30 I am usually ready for a little unwind time, so I let the girls have free play while Titus finishes up his nap,,I check my email, gchat with Seth while he is at work, facebook (duh)

11:00 Titus wakes up, change his diaper, and we can either go outside to play, go on a golf cart ride, run an errand, visit friends/family, go to see Daddy for lunch, play at castle in the mall, whatever our hearts desire, if it's raining then we may make movies with the video camera, play dress up, play hide n seek, etc.

12:00 lunch and clean up

12:30 Read a book (lower level so Titus will semi stayed interested), then they can watch a show until nap time, sometimes Praise Baby  (Titus likes it the most), sometimes Diego,whatever short show on Netflix they choose (we don't have cable)

1-4 nap time/rest time in the house (I have my quiet time, work on Babies Can't Wait stuff if I need to,blog, facebook, check emails, make any necessary phone calls for the day, talk with Seth, text friends, sometimes yoga/exercise, sometimes lay out in the chair to get a little vitamin D while doing these things)

4:00 Nap times over boys and girls :-)  I fold laundry, play with the kiddos, clean up a little bit, start dinner, basically free play for the kids, sometimes we play little games (Memory, Candy Land, etc.), but with Titus awake too, it's tough,,visit the playground that is RIGHT across the street from our house, often this is when we would do a "Holiday inspired craft" snowmen, pumpkins, easter type things  :)

5:30 or 5:45,,the Glorious time when Sethie comes home from work!!  We eat dinner together and clean up, then have some fun family time (bike ride, walk, golf cart ride, visit family, or run an errand or two)

around 6:30 or so we bathe the children (which you can imagine takes a while to bathe 3 kiddos), they like to play a while in the bath, dry them off, put on pj's, and cuddle/play for a while on the floor.

7:00 we put on a little Netflix or a movie (often the girls will choose to watch Lion King in their room), then bed time, Titus goes to bed first then the girls,,,we read a little story and say little prayers with each of them every night.

8:00-PARTY!!  ha, just kidding, but we do really enjoy each other at this time without the distraction of little babies, most often we both need a little unwind time, where we will hop online and surf or some social networking, then we will talk, joke around, cuddle, eat yummy snacks, watch shows, "make more babies", etc.

Seth goes to bed waaaaay later than me, I am usually asleep by 10:00,,I think he goes to bed around 12 or 1 most nights, he reads the Bible, surfs, watches shows, etc.

We both need to add some more alone time with the Lord to our daily "schedules" and we need to add some exercise to our schedules,,ha!  We have an elliptical machine that we *use* to work out on a whole bunch,,this should take place again, haha

Maybe this post was inspiring to other mommies, maybe it was super boring, maybe no one is even still reading, except Seth (hi Seth, lol),,but I thought it would be a neat thing to look back on some day and see what we were up to :-)