A day in the life: October, 2015 edition
Thursday, October 8th, 2015
5:30 AM: Alarm goes off for Crossfit, Mommy decides to go tomorrow instead (and I do go the next day)
6:00: Mommy works
7:45: Kids up. Sis watches Bubble Guppies with Daddy, Luke watches the cement mixer pouring cement at the construction site
8:00: Watch Bubble Guppies, watch construction site antics, Sis gets dressed, Newton goes for a walk, Mommy works
9:00: Bagels with butter (untoasted), grapes, blueberries, avocado, juice, whining, building of a lego tower as a castle for Elsa and Anna dolls, brush dog, wash dog (with Luke in the shower helping me and Zo holding the towel), Luke dressed, laundry
10:00: Right-side-up superhero matching game on the stairs, laundry, dishes, music, legos, making chicken salad with Zo helping with cooking and Luke helping with dishes, Zo saying: "I don't like trucks, I like princesses...they're my best. I like dinosaurs too."
11:00: Fight over who gets to sit in blue breakfast bar chair (there is only one), tears, coloring pictures for Daddy. Zo: "Rainbows are my best." Both kids covering their pictures with shooting stars
11:15: Luke and Zo play "restaurant"
11:30: Bagels left over from breakfast, bread with honey (just honey because Mommy ran out of peanut butter by mistake), cheese, apples, carrot sticks. Kids took turns pretending to be wild dogs with the kid who was the dog eating lunch fed to him/her by the other kid
11:45: Mommy makes errand-y calls, tries to take care of some paperwork, kids play upstairs
12:00: Mommy checks on kids then work call diverts Mommy's attention, kids play upstairs
12:15: Mommy discovers bathroom is covered in water run into the kid's play teapot and then poured on the floor. Yelling, clean up, time outs
12:25: Kids and Mommy walk dog, kids climb on brick wall, we all watch as the trash truck empties trash
1:00: Work call for Mommy, dishes, laundry, make bed, pick up. Kids play
1:30: Mommy works (kind of...it's hard with awake kids) on the blue couch upstairs, kids fight taking a nap, upstairs gets trashed...toys everywhere...
2:30: Naps. Mommy works
4:30: Outing to Daddy's hotel to give him his pictures that the kids drew that morning, beach time (pictured above), butter noodles and milk for dinner at Daddy's hotel, overlooking the mountain as the sun sets...
7:45: Halloween cookies at home
8:00: Bath
8:30: Exhausted mommy asks for help, Daddy gets kids into PJs while Mommy brushes teeth. Kids watch "What does the fox say" music video on Daddy's ipad
9:00: Goodnight to Me-Ma and Daddy, bedtime, which involves being carried up the stairs (Zo must be carried sideways), warmed-up duckie for Luke, back scratchies and songs for both kids (Zo the "fixer upper" troll song from "Frozen," Luke "Man in the moon" by John Denver). Daddy walks the dog
9:15: Mommy has a glass of wine on the porch, watches the stars (Daddy almost always joins in, but not tonight)
9:40: Luke still awake. Says he can't sleep without someone with him (he misses sharing a room with Zo sometimes). Cuddles and love from Mommy
10:00: Bedtime for Mommy
And I wonder why I'm so exhausted at the end of each day, LOL...
XO
