I've seen this done on other blogs, and I think it's a great way to document our daily lives so we can look back and remember what it was like when the kids were little. By the time I decided to do this, I hadn't taken any pictures, so this post lacks photos...more to come with the future posts!
5:45 am...1st alarm goes off. I have gotten into a habit of snoozing this first alarm for 10 minutes. I set it for 5:55 and go back to sleep!
5:55 am...time to get up and get in the shower. After my shower I go down and get our coffee and get back into bed with the news and my phone until 6:30. Today the kids are still asleep, so I get to wake up on my own :)
6:30 am...do my hair and make up and get dressed. We hear Brody starting to stretch! He used to wake up so easily, but he takes a while to get out of bed these days. His stretching noises wake Madelyn up...she wakes up grumpy most days, but she quickly perks up when she gets her apple juice! The sit on the bed and watch Disney while Heath and I get ready.
7:00 am...time to get the kids dressed. Today the temperature is 40 in the morning and 80 in the afternoon...I never know how to dress them on days like this. I take a risk and put Brody in shorts because he has recess at school and will probably be too hot in jeans.
7:25 am...Heath and the kids leave for work and daycare. Now it's my time. For most of the past 4 years, Heath has taken Brody (and Madelyn) to daycare in the mornings allowing me a few extra minutes to myself to get ready for the day. I love it. Today I am pretty much ready to go when they leave, so I head downstairs to make my protein breakfast and prepare dinner in the crock pot. For breakfast I made a protein shake with a banana, vanilla protein powder, about a 1/2 cup of skim milk, a drizzle of honey and 6 ice cubes. The drizzle of honey made a huge difference! I loved it this morning! I had made some shakes with bananas and they aren't sweet enough for me. For dinner we are having Peanut Butter Chicken. It's supposed to be a copycat of Thai takeout.
7:40 am...Heath calls to make sure I don't forget Junior! I'm glad he called because I did leave him upstairs.
7:52 am...I grab my water, coffee, protein shake, lunch (that Heath packed for me :)), Brody's backpack and I'm on the road! Running a little late (most days I am lately).
8:03 am...get to work, check email, read some industry related news from over the weekend. We're getting ready to enter a couple of our properties for industry awards, so I get started on that.
10:00 am...Eat a snack! I'm still working on getting about 20 grams of protein at each meal. Today it's 2 light string cheeses and some grapes!
11:50 am...I leave work to go pick up Brody to go to school. I eat my turkey sandwich in the car on the way to go get him. I love spending this time with him each day.
12:25 pm...Brody's at school and I head to Price Chopper to pick up a prescription and some garlic that I forgot to buy over the weekend. I stop at home to stir the food in the crockpot and head back to the office.
3:00 pm...Time for a snack. This time it's an apple and cottage cheese, but I realized I forgot my spoon! Only an apple it is.
5:00 pm...Quittin' time! I call Heath to make sure he's getting out on time to get Madelyn and I head over to Julie's to get the B-Man.
5:15 pm...Get home and realize that the crock pot partially burned our dinner...It's ok though, most of it was good.
5:30 pm...Heath and Madelyn get home. Heath has to mow because he didn't get to it over the weekend. Me and the kids go ahead and eat. It was just ok. Probably not a keeper, but it was good.
6:00 pm...The kids are finally done, so I clean up the dishes while Brody goes outside to play in the back and Madelyn begs for snacks :).
6:30 pm...Madelyn and I took a trip to the dollar store to get some stuff for some centerpieces that I wanted to make.
7:15 pm...We get home to an upset Brody because I didn't ask him if he wanted to go. His feelings get hurt really easily these days. I think that dropping the nap is still a struggle for him, so he is quick to get upset in the evenings.
7:30 pm...We head upstairs to get ready for bed, brush teeth and read a book. Tonight it was It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
7:50 pm...Kids are in bed and I clean the bathrooms and Heath picks up the toys. I'm really liking this cleaning routine...I just hope I can keep it up!
8:30 pm...Bathrooms are clean and I sit down to organize some photos, check blogs, facebook and email while watching last night's episode of Real Housewives of NJ. Heath works on his computer, checks email, plays with the budget and whatever else he does on there :)
10:00 pm...Upstairs and in bed! We usually watch the news and then reruns of King of Queens. Heath is always asleep within a couple of minutes of hitting the pillow. I'll be asleep by 11:00 most nights. If I'm not, I find something to read and I'm asleep within 10 minutes!
Stay tuned for Tuesday! It won't be much different than today, but I'll try to take some pictures!
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