A Day in the Life of ME!

I know you all are dying to find out how I spend my time, the real reason I decided to write this post is because I wanted to copy someone. I read a friends blog and she recently posted how she spends her day to make time to do the things that are important to her. She mentioned how we all have different interest and we all schedule our time differently to make time for what is most important to us. I decided that I too wanted to know how I really spend my time, I mentioned this to a few friends and then they commented how they wanted to know what I did too. Hence this blog post was born so if you have no interest in how I spend my day you can just stop reading now.

7am-8am: Wake up, take shower, put on make-up and do hair, get dressed, eat breakfast. (Now Savannah and Olivia both decided to sleep in this day so I took my sweet time getting ready because this is not typical.)

 8am-8:30am:  Savannah woke up, gave her breakfast and turned on Curious George. I read a blog entry, checked Facebook, my email, and Pinterest.

8:30am:  Put away dishes in sink, cleaned up Savannah's breakfast, put last load of laundry in dryer and put washing machine on clean cycle. Olivia woke up and gave her breakfast, also set up visiting teaching appointment with my visiting teachers.

9am-10:30am:  Took out all trash, had play-date. (Something came up so our friends had to leave a bit earlier then planned.)

10:30am:  Folded last load of laundry and put away, let girls watch end of Sesame Street and have a snack.

11:00am:  Checked Facebook and Pinterest again while girls played together, made lunch, ate, cleaned up.

(I had left overs from the night before and I will say I was not sad to eat it again. It was cheesy broccoli and rice casserole, here is the link if your interested.)

Noon:  Got ready to go outside and play in the pool, went outside and let girls play, I read a bit, did some weeding in one of the flower beds.

1:25pm:  Literally ran inside from a swarm of bees by lilac bushes, since our outdoor fun was cut short I made the girls popcorn and let them watch a movie. (Once Spring and Summer hit we usually spend lots more time outside either playing around the yard or going to the park.)

2:45pm:  Put Olivia down for her nap and Savannah had quiet time, I worked on a project (I'm redoing a pair of lamps I bought at DI.)

4:00pm:  Savannah finished up quiet time and Jacob came home from work and we visited a bit.

4:30pm:  I started making dinner while Jacob and Savannah played together.

5:30pm: Olivia woke up and we ate dinner, cleaned up kitchen, talked to my mom on the phone and planned our trip to Maryland.

6:45pm: I left to go on my Tuesday night walk with my cousin Lynsie while Jacob stayed home with the girls and played.

7pm-8:30pm:  Went on 4 mile walk and headed home. (While I was gone Jacob got both girls ready for bed and they were both asleep when I got home.)

8:50pm: Got home finished cleaning up last few things around house and checked Facebook, email, and Pinterest again.

9pm-10pm: Watched Big Bang Theory( we're obsessed with the show and now own all 4 seasons on DVD) with Jacob and went to bed.

So there you go, this is a fairly typical day for me. Some things that were a bit uncommon are I don't typically have an hour to get ready in the morning uninterrupted and therefore I don't usually take a whole hour to get ready. If we don't have a play-date or errands to run in the morning then we're usually outside playing in the Spring and Summer. In the afternoon we're also usually outside longer and typically Olivia goes down for her nap closer to 2 then 3. I also started dinner later then I usually do,( I  make a menu every two or three weeks so I know what we're having to eat every night. On occasion I switch up what I have already planned but I go grocery shopping every two weeks so I know I have food to make what's on my menu for that time period). I also have set days to accomplish certain things. Monday and Friday are laundry day, every Tuesday night and Saturday morning I walk with Lynsie,  (this means Jacob takes over watching the girls while I'm gone during that time), and Wednesday's are usually the day we run all our errands. We also usually we have 1 or 2 play-dates during the week as well so we typically have something to do every day. Our normal routine at night is after we finish up dinner we have down time. We'll play with the girls, give baths, Jacob and I will visit, and we'll clean up the house before bedtime which is usually between 7:30/8pm. This way once the girls are in bed Jacob and I can have uninterrupted time together for about 2/3 hours every night depending on when we go to bed.  Usually we talk about our days if we haven't already had the chance, watch a show, or I'll work on a project while we watch something.

So there you have it, a typical day in the life of me. I know you all feel so much better knowing what I do most days. I actually really enjoyed writing down what I did in a day, I realized that I don't like how many times I check the internet in 1 day even though I don't feel like I'm on it for excessive amounts of time when I do check. Does that make sense? Anyway I want to only check when the girls aren't awake so either during nap/quiet time or once they've gone to bed. Anyway its nap and quite time right now so I'm off to work on my lamp project again:)

Your children want YOU!

I read this blog post today and loved the reminder that our children want us, thanks Stephanie for posting it. I feel like I do good job not overwhelming myself and doing what makes me happy and what I feel is best for my family. I think is natural though to have those moments when we feel like we just don't measure up to other women. I think that's why I enjoyed this post so much it not only reminded me that what really matters to our kids is just having time with us and not all the extra things we can do, but that other women feel the same way I do sometimes! I also think its a good reminder for all women if you have kids or not because I think many women compare themselves to one another no matter what sage of life we're in. We need to learn to be comfortable in our own skin and to find joy in who we are and our own accomplishments. Our talents are different from others just as theirs are from us and that's okay, that's how it should be. In the context of this blog post on being a mother I know that I only have fond memories of my own mother. I don't always remember what we did together but I know I was and am loved by her, I know that I am important to her. That's what I hope my children know, that they were and are loved, that they are the center of my universe, and that I would do anything for them. That to me there is not child cuter then them and that they have their faults but really to me they are perfect and I wouldn't change a thing about them.

Easter 2012

This Easter has been really fun. Our festivities started on Saturday with having all Jacob's family over, all the kids enjoyed a fun egg hunt. Jacob and the rest of the boys took charge and hid all the eggs. I loved seeing Olivia and Savannah run around the yard trying to find all their eggs and having so much fun with all their cousins. Plus it was an absolute gorgeous day so it made it even better.

Here are the girls Easter morning, when they woke up they started their hunt for their baskets and were well pleased with what they found. The Easter bunny decided not to give us candy this year because well we get candy for every holiday and we don't need anymore candy. The girls each got books, stickers, stamps, erasers, and some other small toys.  Then it was time to get ready for church and put on their new dresses that their great grandma McCombs got them.

Once we got home I had the girls run around outside for a bit so I could take some pictures. Once again we had a beautiful day and we took advantage of it.

After we took pictures we went inside to change and make lunch for our picnic then we let the girls run around the yard. I can tell that we will be spending quite a lot of time outside this spring and summer and I'm excited because everything is starting to bloom.

 

Our Easter was really nice and quite perfect. I really enjoyed spending time with family on Saturday and then having a nice quite Sunday. It was nice to spend Easter with just Jacob and the girls. Church was lovely, the talks were great and my Primary class was just so fun and sweet. I loved spending time with Jacob and the kids after church, it was so nice to talk to them about why we are celebrating Easter and what the day is really about. When we told Savannah that Jesus died for us she was devastated that Jesus wouldn't be able to blow out his birthday candles anymore. I just had to cover my mouth while Jacob took over explaining that one. It was just a great day. Hope your Easter was just as wonderful.

Unplugged in April

For the month of April our city is trying to have everyone unplug and spend more time with their families so to kick off the month the fire station had an open house. Now they had one when we first moved here and it was fantastic so we were quite excited to see what was in store for us this time around. Once again the girls loved sitting in the fire trucks and the ambulance they also had many stations set up with different activities.

Poor Olivia as so upset whenever she we took her out of the fire trucks she's just start crying and as soon as we put her back in she was all smiles again.

Savannah loved getting her temporary tattoo put on and running around the all the stations. She even got a free plant for answering questions on a worksheet. They also had a bowling with firetrucks game and Savannah had a blast and was so proud of herself for knocking all the pins down. I really do enjoy community activities like this and I'm grateful we live in such a small tight knit community that sponsors events like this. I think Savannah and I have decided to make cookies to take to the fire department as a thank you.