Occasionally I come across a blog entry where someone has posted how they spent their day. I enjoy reading those so I figured I'd capture a somewhat typical day at our house. At least it's typical for right now. It's not typical for any other period in my life or how things will be in the coming months as the girls grow and change.
6:30-ish I'm up!
6:40 I do data entry for my dad to earn a little extra moola! It's pretty much the only time I have to myself.
8:00 I'm in the shower while Darrell is still home so he can attend to a need if needed
8:27 All of the kiddies hanging out on our bed while Tyler watches "Curious George" and/or "The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That" on PBS.
8:51 All dressed (It never ceases to amaze me how long it takes to get 3 kids dressed and fed!)
8:58 Feeding the girls
9:33 Breakfast for Tyler and me while the girls hang out in their bouncers
9:53 I'm unloading/loading the dishwasher while Tyler watches Dora. Emily's in the Bumbo and Megan's in the bouncer
10:08 Megan has a blow out
11:15 Both girls are napping at the same time. Sometimes they nap at the same time which is nice because I'm hands free for a little while, but then it's tricky when they both need me at once after their naps. Usually they nap at different times which means I get one on one time with each.
11:19 OxiClean to the rescue. This is 2 days' worth of blowouts
11:40 On this particular day I'm trying to go through the ads from Sunday's paper. (I won't finish this "project" until much later in the day due to a few interruptions.)
12:06 lunch for Tyler and me
12:40 Books before Tyler's nap. He loves for us to read "In a People House," a book from my childhood that I loved as well. (Thank goodness he no longer calls it "Poo Poo House.") I also try to read a story from the New Testament (nap time) and/or the Book of Mormon (bedtime) reader each day. On this day both of the girls were awake and joined us for story time. They hung out on the floor while Tyler had my lap all to himself. (Some days he has to share.)
1:24 Laundry. I do a lot of it each week, but I'm so grateful for our new washer and dryer. Our old dryer took forever to dry. I had to divide each washer load into 2 dryer loads. Not anymore!
1:27 Checking on Tyler who is NOT going to sleep. (He still takes naps in a crib because he thinks "watch-me-get-out-of-the-big-bed-and-have-Mom-chase-me-around-to-put-me-back-in" is the funnest game EVER! Thank goodness he doesn't do that at night. He's very good about staying in bed then.
Knock on wood!)
1:30 I attempt to read my scriptures while the girls watch Baby Einstein in their bouncers. I shoot for 30 minutes of scripture study each day, but it doesn't always happen. If I can get at least a little bit in during the day I always feel better--I really need that spiritual boost. I try to finish up studying at night when the kids are in bed.
1:40 I put Emily in the Exersaucer because she's bored in the bouncer. (It is tricky to keep rotating the girls between our "baby accessories" like the swings, the bouncers, the Bumbos, the exersaucer, the jumpers, the floor and me to keep them entertained so I can get some things done.)
1:45 Tyler won't settle down so I head upstairs to rock my little guy to sleep. It doesn't happen often that he needs to be rocked, but I can't pass up these opportunities because they'll be gone all too quickly.
2:33 Checking blogs, e-mail and Facebook. It's my little bit of "escape" into adult life.
3:27 Tyler's up and we go get the mail.
4:25 Snack time
5:35 Dinner. This night was left overs. (Yay, cuz that's one less thing to try and do without being interrupted.)
7:00 On this particular night Tyler and I went to WalMart while Darrell watched Emily and Megan. I
can take all 3 kids with me to run errands, but I rarely do because it takes A LOT if time and energy to load everyone up, drive to the store, get everyone out of the van and into 2 shopping carts, pull one cart and push the other one at the store, load everyone back into the van, only to have to unload them AGAIN when we get home.
Three days a week Darrell watches all 3 kids while I go workout. That time away is SO welcome and SO needed--for my physical and mental health.
8:30 Two clean girls who will soon be on their way to bed. This night their baths were a little later than usual because of my trip to WalMart.
9:42 Tyler is clean and having his snack. Yes, the boy goes to bed WAY too late, but it has its good points too. Darrell spends a lot of time with Tyler when he gets home from work (which is around 6:20 or so). It is so nice for both Tyler and me. Darrell plays with him, bathes him and gets him a snack. Those are 3 less things I have to do at the end of the day, and besides, a late bedtime means Tyler sleeps in later in the morning so I have a little more "me time." I do try to have Tyler in bed by 9:00 each night, but sometimes I have no energy to make it all happen.
10:30 I try to be in bed between 10:00 and 10:30 because I am so exhausted. The girls are mostly sleeping all through the night now so I can get a good night's sleep to take on another day.
So that's basically our day, although there are never 2 days the same. Add in several feedings for the girls and lots of diaper changes for 3 little bums and you get the general idea. Sometimes the days are LONG, but the weeks and months go by so quickly. I'm so grateful for these 3 little miracles in our lives. I wouldn't have it any other way.
