I’ve always wanted to do a Day in the Life post like this.\u00c2\u00a0 I enjoy reading them on other blogs (perhaps it’s my inherently nosy nature about what people do all day).\u00c2\u00a0 The Littlest Apple didn’t have preschool today, so I thought it would be a perfect day to blog about the details of our day….<\/p>\n
5:00 Wake up, make coffee.\u00c2\u00a0 Read my mom’s group notes and bible for a few minutes, pray for patience and a productive day.<\/p>\n
5:10 The Littlest Apple (“TLA”)’s feeding pump alarm is beeping.\u00c2\u00a0 I sprint upstairs to his room to see if I can turn it off before it wakes him up.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s awake.\u00c2\u00a0 He was REALLY tangled up in the tubing (it was around his waist and around his leg about 3 times), and the pump had fallen over.\u00c2\u00a0 Take him to the potty and attempt to get him to go back to sleep.<\/p>\n
5:45\u00c2\u00a0 He didn’t go back to sleep.\u00c2\u00a0 We head downstairs.\u00c2\u00a0 I ask him to play quietly while I finish my mom group reflections.\u00c2\u00a0 Amazingly, he cooperates!<\/p>\n
6:00\u00c2\u00a0 Cuddle with TLA on the couch.<\/p>\n
6:10 TLA drinks Boost and watches Curious George while I drink my coffee (finally!) and check email and blogs.<\/p>\n
6:35\u00c2\u00a0 TLA plays with Halloween playdough (time for a new batch!) while I write out my grocery list based on the menu I planned last night.<\/p>\n
7:00 Finish my list, then clean up the HUGE playdough mess.\u00c2\u00a0 I was standing 1 foot away, but somehow I failed to notice TLA sticking playdough all down the legs of the table and underneath it.<\/p>\n
7:15 We head upstairs to wake up my husband (“PA”).\u00c2\u00a0 I change into workout clothes.<\/p>\n
7:30\u00c2\u00a0 I leave TLA upstairs with PA (and shut the baby gate at the top of the stairs) and go back downstairs to do a workout video.\u00c2\u00a0 My current favorite is The Firm Cardio Sculpt, and that’s what I do today.<\/p>\n
7:45\u00c2\u00a0 TLA realizes that he’s stuck upstairs, and starts screaming from the top of the stairs.<\/p>\n
8:10 Cool off.\u00c2\u00a0 Take TLA to the potty where we argue about whether he will stand up or sit down and whether or not I will help him.<\/p>\n
8:15\u00c2\u00a0 Prep breakfast.\u00c2\u00a0 Grapefruit and plain Greek yogurt w\/ honey and cinnamon for me, blueberry Greek yogurt for TLA (per his request<\/em>).<\/p>\n 8:20 Sit down to eat.\u00c2\u00a0 TLA cries for Cheerios with milk.\u00c2\u00a0 I pray for patience, then give him what he asks for, thankful that he is interested in eating at all.<\/p>\n 8:22 Sit down again.\u00c2\u00a0 TLA wants to drink the Cheerio milk.\u00c2\u00a0 I get up to give him a glass of milk instead.\u00c2\u00a0 He immediately spills milk all down his front and screams for me to clean him up.\u00c2\u00a0 Then he plays with both cup and bowl, and we have a chat about good manners.<\/p>\n 8:27 Finally start my own breakfast, read blogs. (currently 307 in my Google Reader).\u00c2\u00a0 Remind TLA not to put Cheerios in his cup.<\/p>\n 8:36\u00c2\u00a0 PA joins us in the kitchen to make his breakfast of PB toast.\u00c2\u00a0 We tag team parent.\u00c2\u00a0 TLA asks for milk refills 2 times so he can drink the milk from his bowl.\u00c2\u00a0 Cries when we ask him to eat the cereal first.<\/p>\n 8:41 TLA wants what PA has.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh wait he wants PLAIN toast.\u00c2\u00a0 We tell him the kitchen is closed, fit ensues.\u00c2\u00a0 PA heads up to our home office (breakfast in hand) to start his work for the day.\u00c2\u00a0 I clean the kitchen<\/p>\n 8:44 I get TLA dressed for the day, and convince him to brush his teeth by pretending he is a dog.<\/p>\n 9:00 TLA and I leave for a walk to the nearby park.\u00c2\u00a0 We barely make it off of our driveway when TLA has some weird sneeze\/cough thing that causes him to choke.\u00c2\u00a0 We go back to the house for a drink of water.<\/p>\n 9:03\u00c2\u00a0 Walk to the park.\u00c2\u00a0 He walks most of the way, but rides on my back for a little bit.\u00c2\u00a0 He spends most of the time swinging.\u00c2\u00a0 We also walk over the pond and throw sticks in the water.<\/p>\n 9:50 Despite warnings, he is not ready to go and has a\u00c2\u00a0 tantrum on ground.\u00c2\u00a0 I lose my patience.\u00c2\u00a0 I carry him part of the way home.<\/p>\n 9:55 We stop to chat with friend\/neighbor<\/p>\n 10:00 W get home from park, and TLA drinks Boost while watching Curious George.\u00c2\u00a0 I change clothes w\/o showering though I do wipe down with one of those Ponds i’m-too-lazy-to-wash-my-face cloths, realize i need to shave my legs and touch up my toenail polish, but throw on a skirt (and sandals anyway).\u00c2\u00a0 Too hot for jeans now!<\/p>\n 10:15\u00c2\u00a0 Eat some string cheese and pretzels while emailing back and forth with PA (who is working upstairs) about weekend plans, and send email reminders for the meals I organized for a mom in TLA’s class that just had twins.<\/p>\n 10:25\u00c2\u00a0 TLA pitches a fit over turning TV off<\/p>\n 10:30 We fight over potty time.\u00c2\u00a0 I lose my patience for the 2nd time today.<\/p>\n 10:35 We leave for HEB<\/p>\n 111:50 Get home, unload cold stuff, then decide to eat lunch.<\/p>\n 12:00 Eat lunch with TLA and PA<\/p>\n 12:27 Finish unloading groceries, and I’m fading fast.\u00c2\u00a0 Thank goodness it is almost nap time.<\/p>\n 12:45 Time to\u00c2\u00a0 head upstairs for naps.\u00c2\u00a0 TLA is screaming “I’m NOT TIRED and I’m NOT CRANKY!”\u00c2\u00a0 when he is clearly tired.\u00c2\u00a0 Naptime battle begins.\u00c2\u00a0 I usually lay down with him, so we both head to my bed.<\/p>\n 1:20 TLA is totally not listening and I’ve been kicked, hit, poked with his squirming.\u00c2\u00a0 I move TLA to his room by himself.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course he doesn’t want to stay there.\u00c2\u00a0 I grab a book, and go sit by him on the bed, urging him to lay still.\u00c2\u00a0 He continues to ignore me.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m tired and have reached my breaking point.\u00c2\u00a0 I burst into tears and go interrupt PA from work to rescue me (something I have never done).\u00c2\u00a0 PA rescues me, and I go lay down alone in my bed.<\/p>\n 1:45\u00c2\u00a0 I was so amped up that I never fell asleep for that 30 minute nap I so badly needed.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (TLA is finally asleep.)\u00c2\u00a0 Now I need to get busy again.\u00c2\u00a0 Head downstairs and make coffee for me and PA, who is sitting outside TLA’s door working on his laptop.<\/p>\n 1:50 Recap naptime issues with PA, discuss what to do differently in the future, and have a coffee and computer break.<\/p>\n 2:20 Yikes!\u00c2\u00a0 Art playgroup is at 4, and I haven’t even started prepping our project or tidying the house.\u00c2\u00a0 Start prepping art project (fingerprint indian corn)<\/p>\n 3:20 Wake up TLA<\/p>\n 3:30 Prep snacks for art playgroup, and put on jeans.<\/p>\n 4:00 Art playgroup chaos begins!\u00c2\u00a0 We have 4 mommies, 6 kids and 2 babies today.\u00c2\u00a0 As usual, TLA is wild.\u00c2\u00a0 He participates in the project for less than 2 minutes before going to play.\u00c2\u00a0 Spits his snack, and throws toys.\u00c2\u00a0 He spends some time in timeout in his room, but I’m staying calm.\u00c2\u00a0 I really enjoy visiting with my 3 mommy friends today, even though my participation in the conversation is stop-and-go while I’m disciplining TLA.<\/p>\n 5:30 PA is done working and comes downstairs just after our art group friends leave.\u00c2\u00a0 He takes TLA outside to play.<\/p>\n 5:35\u00c2\u00a0 I start dinner (tonight is Easy Taco Soup) and realize the recipe says to simmer for 1 hr, so we’ll be eating a little later than I thought.\u00c2\u00a0 Cleaning up from art group while I prep the soup.<\/p>\n 6:05\u00c2\u00a0 Soup is simmering.\u00c2\u00a0 I sit down with my laptop to work on room mom duties.\u00c2\u00a0 TLA’s class Thanksgiving party is next week, and I’ve got to get a sign up sheet ready to go for tomorrow morning!\u00c2\u00a0 I email back and forth with my co-room mom.\u00c2\u00a0 PA and TLA dance to Move It Move It, shoot Nerf guns and read books.<\/p>\n 7:00 We sit down to eat dinner as a family.<\/p>\n 7:28 I clean kitchen while PA gives TLA a bath.\u00c2\u00a0 Thankfully, there’s not much cleaning to take care of tonight.\u00c2\u00a0 Love those one pot meals!<\/p>\n 7:39 I sit down to blog for a few minutes<\/p>\n 7:50 Head upstairs to set up TLA’s feeding pump while TLA goes potty and brushes teeth w\/ PA’s supervision\/coercion.<\/p>\n 8:00 Read stories to TLA, fetch a glass of water for him, sing Twinkle Twinkle two times, then give five kisses and five hugs.\u00c2\u00a0 I”m thankful that there isn’t much bedtime stalling tonight.<\/p>\n 8:20 Back downstairs (a little earlier than usual).\u00c2\u00a0 PA and I both sit down with our laptops and watch Glee, then 30 Rock.\u00c2\u00a0 I work on this blog post.<\/p>\n (The rest of this is projected….)<\/p>\n 10:00 Take a bubble bath and get ready for bed.<\/p>\n 10:45 Get into bed and read until I fall asleep (less than 5 minutes later).<\/p>\n I’ve always wanted to do a Day in the Life post like this.\u00c2\u00a0 I enjoy reading them on other blogs (perhaps it’s my inherently nosy nature about what people do all day).\u00c2\u00a0 The Littlest Apple didn’t have preschool today, so I thought it would be a perfect day to blog about the details of our 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