Just Another Day In the Life of .......Us

Fridays are usually busy days. Ever since we married, I try to keep my Saturday to-do list at a minimum. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I thought it might be interesting to me years down the road to see what a typical day looked like for me. So I jotted down notes all day yesterday.

A quote that kept going through my mind yesterday was "Life is not an emergency. Life is a Gift. Just slow." Somehow I think that should be my 'life quote'. I tend to be a hurry, hurry, rush kind of person.

7:00 Start laundry
7:30 Fry eggs for breakfast.
8:15 Comb girls. Logan clears table and feeds scraps to the kitties. I clean up kitchen.
8:30 Devotions in the living room. Songs-"He's Still Workin' On Me" and "If I Were a Butterfly". Children quoted the week's verse-James 1:25. I read 1 chapter of David Livingstone and 1 chapter of Even Donkeys Speak.  Close with Prayer.
Girls go color. Boys start school.
I change the laundry.
10:00 I make a snack of trail mix...almonds, raisins, m&m's, pretzels and deliver it to my children. Annika breaks the round pretzels up so they say COC and asks me what that spells. I show her how to write COO.
10:30 Check Logan's writing assignment. Note that he is really improving in his cursive writing. I put away Art books from yesterday. Plan work next week in our Animals book. We are studying about Africa right now in History.
10:40 Color with Brooke. Check Jamison's Math.
10:50 Do Spelling words with boys.
11:10 Help Logan with his long multiplication.
(The boys opted to skip break today and get their work done early.)
11:20 Change laundry. Check Jamison's Writing.
11:30 Check Jamison's Language. Jamison's done with school. Logan needs help with a Math problem. He sits on my lap to do it. He's getting heavy...
11:40  Jamison colors his History paper on Kenya. I head downstairs and check fridge for leftovers. Put casserole dish in oven to heat. Change laundry. Check on girls. They are playing 'camping'. Annika 'sleeps' on the floor with a blanket. Brooke is riding her horse to 'South Carolina'.
11:50 Check Logan's Math. Help with corrections.
12:00 Logan finishes up. I set the table for lunch.
12:45 I read to the girls and put them down for naps. Logan clears the table.
1:00 I fold laundry and sort out piles for the children to fold. Logan cleans their bedroom. Jamie does piano.
1:30 I check on Brooke. She's still awake. I lay with her and fall asleep. Oops. Logan cleans downstairs bathroom. Jamie folds laundry.
2:00 Finally get lunch dishes in the dishwasher.
2:15 Dust furniture. Clean upstairs bathroom.
3:00 Read my Bible.
3:15 Go on bike ride with the boys. We are all out of shape and don't go far. After we get back we discover why Jamison's bike pedaled so hard. The tires were flat! I help the boys wash the windows in their old 'shop'.
4:00 I vacuum downstairs. The girls fold the towels and washrags. Everyone helps put the laundry away.
5:15 I grill the chicken breast for supper. Scrub potatoes and put them in the oven.
6:00 Cook frozen green beans.
6:30 Suppertime!
7:30 We all help Leon hang the new vertical blinds in our bedroom.
8:30 I play Uno with the children.
9:30 Family devotions and bedtime for the children.
10:00 I rush upstairs after hearing Annika screaming, crying and gagging. Apparently Jamie cleaned out his treasure drawer today and gave the girls each a glow stick. They were lying in bed, stuck them in their mouths and bit them. Annika bit through hers and got the yucky stuff in her mouth. It tasted awful. We gave her a glass of milk, Leon checked online and decided she'll survive. The things kids do.....

And to all a good night.

Another day is history.