A day in my Life

I read a funny parenting meme that said if you aren't crazed as a parent, you aren't doing it right!

I was supposed to have ALL this time working 2 days per week.  Time to keep my house as clean as I want to, time to give each child individual attention, time to go to the gym, take care of me, etc.  Well I decided there isn't enough of it.

Here we are again in the thick of nursing school for the hubs, and I feel like my life is a tad out of control.  I did a blog a long time ago about what my days looked like with new babies.  It was fun (and frightening) to see it in print.  So I thought I would do a new one so I can look back on all the chaos - so here's a glance at my life now!

Let me start by saying School has thrown a huge wrench in the works and we all need to time to adjust.  And I work Monday and Fridays so this typical day is all papa's on those days.  But the other days of the week: If I have an appt. I wake up at 6:30 to shower and straighten hair but if not Wake up at 7am, do breakfast, clean up breakfast, brush tiny teeth and dress children for the day.  I brush my own teeth, put hair in a pony and throw on gym clothes.  I am adjusting to putting my oldest on the bus at 8:15, then I  buckle them in their car seats  and drop off the middle child at 9:00 for preschool, head to the gym with the youngest in tow to work out from 9:30-10:30, then I try and squeeze in a Target or a Wegmans run for groceries and back to get the middle child at 11:30.  Home to feed them lunch, put them down for naps at 1:00.  Back up at 3:00, Iced coffee for me, get the oldest off the bus at 3:30, homework, dinner and then off to gymnastics.  Little boys go on Tuesdays and oldest goes on Thursday.  Home for a bath depending on the night (this mama doesn't do daily baths) I let them watch their ipads while I clean and then brush teeth again, read books,lay out clothes for tomorrow and pack lunch and then bedtimes.  Little dude goes down at 7:30 and bigger boys at 8:15. Just thinking of the amount of times I buckle kids into car seats and brush tiny teeth is exhausting!!!

If I am honest - most days this mom takes a nap too!!!  Hell yeah I do from 2-3.  If I don't nap I might take a quick shower and do my hair.  And yes I still have 2 in car seats.  My 4 year old weighs 33 pounds - who knows when he will hit 40 lbs. and be able to be in a booster??  I try and watch some bad reality television, do laundry and try not to fall asleep on the couch.  Husband is back in school so Monday-Thursday he gets home at 8:30 or 11:00pm.  Weekends are the BEST around here and we cherish them!!  Snuggling, dinner out, shopping and watching football.