Tuesday February 8, 2011
I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, so this morning I grabbed my camera and started snapping away. It was a lot more challenging than I thought it would be. I tried to keep my camera with me at all times, but I kept finding myself thinking, “I should take a picture of that!”
I will say that every day at our house is different. Some days we have on our pajamas all day and never leave the house, and other days we are gone the entire day.
I have not always been a morning person, but one of my New Year’s resolutions was to get up early just so I had a few minutes to drink my coffee and read my Bible, and maybe watch a little bit of the Today Show uninterrupted.
I can’t imagine my morning without these people.
I am also trying to read the Bible in a year for 2011. I will admit that I’m a little behind on my reading though.
Emma and Ava both usually wake up around 8. They both wake up so happy. I love that.
Wesley is not a morning person. He was especially not happy about me sticking a camera in his face.
One thing that is pretty much always the same is breakfast. The kids eat Cheerios every morning. We go through two big boxes of Cheerios a week. Sometimes Emma will mix things up and have a banana in hers.
Ava played in the living room while I cleaned up breakfast.
After Wesley is done with breakfast he knows to go upstairs and get started on school. He writes in his journal and does his assigned reading. Today he did this in his snuggie.
Emma played some Angry Birds.
We use A Beka curriculum. We decided to use A Beka because that was what Wesley was familiar with. I really love it. I think we may try something different on a couple of subjects for next year, but for the most part we will stick with A Beka.
I think.
When Wesley was done with his journal and reading he got dressed and then we went over Bible, Spelling, Handwriting, Phonics, and Language. Once we go over it, he does his seat work on his own.
Ava played in Wesley’s room while we did this. She kept distracting us with her cuteness.
About the time that I took this picture I realized that we had a level 5 code brown situation. This one required a bath!
After we got all cleaned up. We read a book.
And played with toys.
While Ava was happily playing with toys, I tore Emma away from her cartoons so I could give her a bath and get her dressed.
Believe it or not, after that she was ready for a snack. I gave her a granola bar and some apple juice.
While downstairs I made a list of a few things I’d like to accomplish today. Just basic stuff, phone calls, chores, errands etc.
I got Emma situated playing with her doll house so that Wesley and I could do History together. ( She has on different pants, because she had an accident. Didn’t want to take a picture of that! )
Wesley told me that History was his 2nd favorite subject, his first being Science.
We don’t have a designated school room. At the beginning of the school year we were doing most of our school at the dining room table, but lately we have been doing school in his room. I feel like it works a lot better.
After History, I got Ava down for her nap.
She usually goes down for a nap between 11 and 12. While she was napping we stop for lunch. Today we had grilled cheese.
We don’t usually have a picnic table in the middle of our living room. We brought it inside for the Superbowl party, and the kids wanted me to keep it inside for a while. They got to watch Phineas and Ferb while they were eating.
Ava still napping, I did a load of laundry and took a shower.
I don’t think I’ve ever taken a picture of our laundry room before. So unexciting.
Wesley and I did Math together. We usually do some review, go over the lesson and then Wesley does his worksheet.
When Wesley finished school, we headed out to the library.
Emma isn’t allowed to get books at the library, but I let her pick out a DVD.
We went over to a table and played “Memory” while Wesley looked at books. We played until Emma found a match.
After we left the library, I was feeling brave and we headed to Target. Whew! Didn’t manage to take any pictures while I was there!
I found Emma a paint with water book. She thought it was the best thing ever!
Wesley reading his shark book.
I had forgotten that Eric had somewhere to be that night. I had worked so hard at taking all these pictures that I didn’t want to start all over, but I was sad that he wasn’t going to be hanging out with us like he typically does.
After I fed Ava some pears. We decided to pick up some Chick-fil-a for dinner and head over to Maa’s house ( Eric’s grandmother) to visit.
I was so thrilled when I asked for ketchup and they handed us some of these.
How genius is this?!
It’s the little things.
I always get the chicken strip salad with ranch dressing. Yum!
We hung out and watched “Good Luck Charlie” on the Disney channel together.
Ava played with this weird tambourine toy that she loves.
Then we headed home to see Daddy.
We had a little drama about what nightgown to wear.
We brushed teeth.
Read some books.
And said our prayers.
And then I collapsed from exhaustion.
Kidding.
Emma’s bedtime is between 8 and 8:30 and Wesley has to be in his room ready for bed at 8:30, and he can read or watch TV until 9:00.
Ava doesn’t usually go to sleep until 9:30 or 10. I’m hoping we can get her to start going to bed a little earlier, but since she sleeps through the night ( most of the time) I really can’t complain.
After the kids are in bed, I usually will tidy up the house a little, maybe put up some laundry (or maybe not), and then Eric and I will hang out for a while. Usually we watch TV, or a Netflix movie. If I blog, this is when it happens.
There you have it. Our day.
The End.
I’m so thankful that I get to wake up tomorrow and do it all over again.
