A Day in the Life....

It's been forever since I've done a Day in the Life post. Like way over a year. I kept meaning to write one last spring and then I never got around to it, or it just wouldn't be a good day. Last week, I reminded myself that I need to do so. I need to remember what our days are like right now. In this crazy hectic stage of life. One day, I'll miss this stage and it will be fun to remember what life is like right now.

So last Tuesday morning, I woke up (around 6:15) jumped in the shower, and then reminded myself to capture moments throughout our day. 

Around 6:45 Megan usually wanders in to our room. She's sometimes cranky and sometime's she's full of energy. On this particular day, she was crabby, but she had brought her clothes downstairs with her so she could get dressed. She typically does this. I set her clothes out for her, and when she wakes up she brings them down and either gets dressed in our bathroom or in our closet and she makes sure that we "don't look."

I asked DJ to make our bed since I knew I wouldn't have time (I overslept).

While he finished making the bed, I dumped out my make up so I could start getting dressed. Once he was finished making the bed, he went upstairs to wake up Adalyn. He cuddles with her, changes her, gets her dressed, and then he brought her downstairs.

Most days, I'll meet him upstairs so I can fix her hair, but since I was running behind, he brought her down to me. 

We went upstairs and I fixed her hair, and then she asked for a necklace so we picked one out. 

She loves to accessorize with her necklaces. 

While I was getting her ready, DJ was putting his stuff in the car and Addy's stuff. He came upstairs to get her.

We exchanged hugs and kisses, and then they left around 7:15. 

Gretchen finally woke up, but she wasn't in the best mood. 

While Gretchen was waking up, Megan was doodling (she LOVES to draw) and I made her breakfast.

Gretchen perked up and asked for pancakes. 

Around 7:20 or so, I finished drying and straightening my hair and then I had breakfast.

Homemade blueberry muffins and strawberry-banana keifer.

At some point, Gretchen and I argued over what she was going to wear because she had picture day, and then I had a hard time figuring out what I was going to wear.  We finally both decided, I quickly brushed their hair, and we were out the door a little after 8. 

We were running a bit behind.....

Megan insisted on wearing her Doc McStuffins coat, and I didn't fight her, and Gretchen was reading in the backseat like she normally does. 

We arrived at Megan's preschool around 8:20 and walked her in to school.

Gretchen and I made it to school right at 8:30 and snapped a picture before we walked in. 

She heads to class at 8:40, and I start pulling my first speech kids at 8:50. I see kids back to back until 11:00 am and then I go out to recess duty with our kindergarten students. 

At 11:25, we're back inside, and I typically run back to my office to put up my whistle, grab my glass of water, and head to the teacher's lounge for lunch. After lunch, I stop by the cafeteria to see Gretchen and then I head back to my office and start seeing kids again around 12:30. 

I don't finish up with kids until about 3:15, and then the bell rings about 3:40. Gretchen comes down to my office right after school, and we get her changed for ballet on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

On this particular day, I went by and picked up Megan before we dropped Gretchen off at ballet. 

We pulled in to ballet and Megan was sound asleep. I dropped Gretchen off for her class, and then I sat in the car and read while Megan slept. It was a piece of heaven. 

Gretchen gets out of ballet around 5:15 so I had to wake up Megan so we could go in to get Gretchen. After that, we swung by Adalyn's daycare and picked her up to head home. 

I fixed the girls a quick dinner, and they ate while I picked up the house, went through their backpacks, and ate.

After dinner, Gretchen started on her spelling homework.

Megan jumped around on the couch and watched Doc. 

Addy was a bit fussy and wanting to be held. 

I managed to get the dishwasher unloaded. 

And then I started diffusing Gentle Baby so the girls could start winding down.

I pulled out some laundry.

And I folded clothes while Adalyn threw a little temper tantrum. 

Her terrible 2s are in full force right now. 

Around 7:20, I took Adalyn up stairs to put her pj's on and read her a book. We typically read, rock, and then she goes right to sleep. 

Once I got her in the bed, I had the big girls put on their jammies, and I started tucking them in around 8. 

I read a book to Megan and we said her prayers. 

Then I headed over to Gretchen's room.

She was trying to do some cleaning up and then she was explaining some great idea she had. 

DJ finally made it home, and we finished getting Gretchen tucked in to bed.

As soon as the girls were in bed, we turned on the t.v. and did this for the rest of the night. 

Typically, I fix the girls lunches (and mine) but they both bought from the cafeteria the next day. 

On a typical day, we sit down around 8:30 to watch t.v. and to relax. Sometimes I'm still trying to get lunches fixed, dinner cleaned up, or doing laundry. 

Around 10, we finally go to bed and start our days all over again!

I try my best to have some sort of schedule, but it's never easy in the fall with DJ being gone so much. Our dinners are usually easy and I don't cook much, the girls get baths every other day, and we have after school activities on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I still feel like we're trying to get our routine figured out, and by the time we do, football season will probably be over!