I love reading other blogger day in the life posts, but I feel like our normal day is rather boring and no one would be interested. During the week we are fairly consistent: get up, Daniel takes the girls to school, we work, I pick the girls up from school, cook something that resembles dinner, and then we do baths/brush teeth/snuggle/read books/get the girls to bed. Our weekends, however, are so varied week to week I thought it would be fun to give you a snippet into how one particular day looks for us.
6:05 a.m. Caroline walks in our room, and I look over and realize Daniel has already left for work. They had a huge sale going on this weekend, and he had to be at work at 6. Caroline climbs in bed with me and we snuggle/drift back to sleep/watch t.v. until about 6:30.
6:45 a.m. Emery is awake now, too, so I grab her and we all go downstairs. Caroline sees that Daddy assembled her brand new bike while we were all sleeping last night (he's a keeper!). I change Em's diaper, and heat up some strawberry bread I made the night before. They eat most of that, so I get Caroline a banana and Emery some applesauce to round it out. During the week they eat alot of cereal, so I try to cook a breakfast on the weekends. I promise Caroline tomorrow I will make pancakes and bacon.
7:30 a.m. The girls are both done and they play in the playroom while I fold some clothes and start some more laundry. I also get ready for the day. When I'm done getting ready, Caroline requests some nail painting so we play beauty salon and I paint all of Caroline's nails, and one of Emery's hands and all her toes. She has yet to let me complete a manicure on her. She gets too impatient and is happy enough with just one done. We used piggy paint which is non toxic and is perfect for little ones that may still bite their nails/chew on their hands/etc.
8:30 a.m. I get the girls dressed after battling with Caroline on why she can't wear her Elsa dress outside. She finally caves in and agrees to put on a flamingo dress that is appropriate to wear for bike riding. She has had a tricycle before, and her new bike takes some getting used to. I was sooo proud of her though, because after about 10 minutes of struggling, she is basically a pro! Emery was also so happy Caroline's old tricycle is officially hers, and she scooted around on it (no pedaling yet, bless her heart her feet may never touch the pedals). We played outside for 45 minutes until I could tell the heat was getting to Ems. I coaxed them inside for a snack.
9:15 a.m. They both eat yogurt for a snack while I fold some more laundry and grab Caroline's gymnastics leotard out of the dryer. I get Caroline changed for gymnastics, braid her hair, put Emmie's hair in pigtails and we get out the door for gymnastics around 9:55 a.m.
10:15 a.m. Caroline's gymnastics class starts, and Emery and I hang out watching all the kids practice for the next 45 minutes. Emery does pretty well hanging out and watching what's going on, but she is also 20 months old, so by the end she is running around everywhere. If Daniel isn't working, I normally leave her at home. I will be glad when she is old enough to take class too, because I think her biggest frustration is she isn't allowed out on the floor.
11:05 a.m. We head home from gymnastics, and get home around 11:20. I immediately get lunch together (hot dogs, pineapple, and edamame for the girls, salad, pineapple, and edamame for me). By noon, Ems is done and I get her down for a nap. Caroline isn't far behind her, and they are both at least laying down by 12:20.
12:30 p.m. I vacuum the family room, clean up the kitchen from lunch, and sit down to write some of this blog post. Their naptime is usually my only free time on the weekends, since Daniel works most Saturdays and Sundays (he is in retail). After I get some stuff done, I sit on the couch and catch up on Scandal.
2:00 p.m. Caroline wakes up just as Daniel gets off work early. She comes downstairs and her and daddy go outside so he can check out her new bicycle skills. Emmie is up 10 minutes after that, and I bring her down and we play outside until Oma and Opa (my parents) get to our house, at about 2:45 p.m.
3:30 p.m. It's time to head out for Caroline's very first gymnastics meet! Her gymnastics program does a "fun meet" where kids get to show off what they have learned and they treat it like a real competition. It's a good way for the kids to learn how competitions work and become confident enough to perform in front of others. We get there about 3:45 p.m., and it starts at 4. Caroline has a great time, and at the end stands on the podium grinning ear to ear to receive her trophy.
5:15 p.m. We leave the competition, and we all head out to eat together. The first restaurant we tried was packed, so we headed to O'Charley's...which I honestly haven't eaten at in about 5 years. The first bonus - kids eat FREE every day, and my dad and Daniel got prime rib and said it was good. I got the fish and chips, and it was decent. Emery DEVOURED a kids' plate of fried shrimp and broccoli.
6:30 p.m. We get home, say our goodbyes to Oma and Opa, and get the kids in the tub for a quick bath before Em's bedtime. Caroline scribbled all over the tub with her bath crayons, and told me it was a picture of Rapnuzel. We get Emery to bed around 7:10 p.m., and she goes straight to sleep.
7:45 p.m. We start the bedtime process with Caroline. I brush her teeth (using the Oral-B magic toothbrush timer app - it's amazing and Caroline will brush for a full two minutes with it!). Daniel is in charge of bedtime stories tonight (Caroline gets to pick 2 books every night before bed), and then it's lights out. She probably falls asleep around 8:15 p.m.
After the girls are asleep, Daniel and I aren't far behind. The night before, I had taken the girls to the Discovery Center by myself and Daniel worked late. I love busy, fun days, but they drain me!
And that's how our days go on the weekends! Do you guys stay as busy on the weekends? I'd love to hear what a typical day looks like for you :)
