Day in the life: July 2017 edition
8:30 AM: Kids woke me up and it's a miracle that A) I slept that late and B) they let me. I'm almost always up between 6 and 6:30, either on my own or because of Zo (who, to her credit, if she's up before me gets the coffee started before coming in to get me up)
8:45: Coffe and "My Little Pony" with Sis on the couch
9:30: Walked the dog and breakfast of Rice Crispies and Cheerios combined, milk, watermelon pops I made for the kids. Chicken salad for me. Talked to my mom. Kids played together upstairs after breakfast, building a racetrack. Checked my email
10:30: Shower, house pick-up, laundry, get kids dressed, brush and braid and bow Sissy's hair, teeth brushed
11:00: Kids rode their bikes around the circle and played outside with some neighborhood friends, I monitored from the porch and did the dishes
11:30: Zo came in and helped me put lunch packs together, cheese, Goldfish crackers, carrots, grapes, plantain chips, a few chunks of chicken, water. Quick dog walk
12:00 PM: Errands with our "Summer Mix" we made on the radio—doctor for kid weight check, Lift Up for donations, Ace Hardware where the kids spent some allowance to get a pony corral (Zo) and Matchbox cars (Luke)
1:30: Work. Kids played with Me-Ma who also kept the laundry going, repotted a plant, made chocolate ice cream with the kids...so grateful for her help...
5:00: Daddy's home! Daddy + kid time with some cartoons and talking about their days
5:30: Dinner with blueberries and avocado and bread with butter and honey and milk and carrots and an apple. Jeff and I talked about the doctor visit. I walked the dog while Jeff cleaned up after dinner and had kids pick up their toys
6:45: Long's Drug for double scoop ice cream cones, quick stop at Walgreens on the way home
7:30: Teeth, wash hands and face, jammies (Luke in his underwear, Zo with 2 short bottoms one over the other and no top), read a chapter of Heidi interrupted by lots and lots of questions, hugs goodnight Luke and Zo, Mommy tuck-in with scratchy and song and talking about their days
8:15: Download and edit pictures, bill my work time, check email, blog
8:45: Time with Jeff including a margarita on the porch and discussion of what the fast-moving cloud shapes look like
9:15: Zo's finally asleep after playing upstairs with Luke. Luke's having trouble sleeping and out on the porch with us
9:45: Send Luke back to bed
10:15: Final Luke tuck-in and he FINALLY falls asleep. I watch the last episode of Girls (such a good series, sorry that it's over) and then read until falling asleep at approx. midnight...
Loving these long summer days. Kindergarden's really going to change things around here but that's a month away and I'm all about enjoying the rest of the summer as much as we possibly can...
XO
