Wednesday, October 8, 2008

A Typical Day

I thought it would be fun if we shared what our day looked like. Here's a typical week day for me:



Morning Routine:

4:30-4:45 Wake Up (That takes awhile some mornings!)

4:45-5:15 Shower, Get Dressed, Fix Make-up and Hair

5:15 Sort main basket of clothes and start 1st load of laundry

5:30 Start Breakfast, and put away clean dishes

5:45-6:00 Wake up older kids (It takes them a few minutes, too!)

6:00 Eat Breakfast

6:00-6:30 Big kids brush teeth, fix hair, put on socks, shoes, and glasses

6:30-6:50 Wake up Ty, get him dressed, fix hair, and give him a cup of milk

6:50-7:00 Brush Ty's teeth, big kids round up book bags, and get in van

7:00 Take kids to school



Mid Morning Routine:
(I don't have specific times for these routines)

Devotions

Daily Chores

Focus Task of the Day (Kitchen, Bathroom, Bedroom, etc.)

Finish/Fold Laundry

Lunch

Computer Time

Make snack for kids

Afternoon Routine

(Begins around 2:30, when the kids come home from school)

Supervise homework

Clean up snack dishes

Put away laundry

Supervise kids chores

Begin supper preparations

Evening Routine:

5:30 Supper

6:00 Clean up supper dishes, kids help with clean up

6:00-7:00 Family time (play outside, board game, or watch TV)

7:00 Begin showers (Basically 15 min. per child, as one comes out, another goes in!)

7:45 Ty's prayers and bedtime

8:00 Girls' prayers and bedtime

8:30 Joshua's prayers and bedtime

8:30-9:00 Finish tidying up the house

9:00 Collapse on couch with a cup of coffee and watch something mindless

10:00 My scheduled bedtime :)

My days do vary at times, especially when I have to run an errand, or the girls have cheer practice during the week. This is a pretty typical glimpse of my day, though. I would love for some feed back from everyone. What does your day look like?

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