I was talking with a friend the other night about being a Mom. We both agreed that it's a lot more work than we thought it would be but on the other hand it is very fulfilling. She asked me what my days were like and I told her "busy", she wanted to know in detail though and so I told her I would have to see how today went and I would post it on my blog for her to read. Do any of you have days like this? I'm sure you do if you are a Mother.
8:00 - Wake up, why? Kids are awake. Bianca is already sitting on the couch waiting for me to get her breakfast and Wyatt is screaming for his milk.
8:30 - Kids are fed, change diapers, get them into day clothes (I'm still in jammies)
9:00 - Have my breakfast and unload the dishwasher and put dirty dishes in
9:45 - Put Wyatt down for a nap
10:00 - Play on the playhouse disney.com website with Bianca while Wyatt is asleep
10:45 - Wyatt wakes up, feed him, change him
11:30 - I put Wyatt in the high chair so Bianca can't easily get to him and move it in front of the bathroom door so I can see him while I shower. In the meantime, Bianca is playing with my makeup, q-tips, and trying to brush her teeth in the bathroom.
11:45 - Get dressed and brush teeth, makeup, ect.
12:30 - Get socks and shoes on Bianca and put Wyatt in his seat, go to Walmart
1:00 - Get Bianca and I lunch at McDonalds on the way home
1:30 - unload groceries and eat lunch, fight with Bianca about taking her nap
2:30 - Bianca is asleep on the couch finally. Wyatt had fallen asleep in the carseat on the way home from Walmart, he wakes up as Bianca falls asleep.
2:45 - Change Wyatt's diaper, feed him
3:15 - Take Wyatt upstairs, he's too noisy and might wake up Bianca if we stay down here.
3:30 - Watch the celebrity apprentice upstairs while Wyatt plays
4:00 - Take Wyatt downstairs, put him down for a nap. Post this blog entry, watch reruns of 90210
(It's 4:00 now, but I can tell you how the rest of the day will probably go)
4:30 - Bianca wakes up and wants a snack, change her diaper
5:00 - Start making dinner, Eric is out of town so probably something simple
5:15 - Wyatt wakes up, feed him, change his diaper
5:30 - get Bianca eating her dinner, feed Wyatt his cereal
6:00 - eat my dinner, watch a show with Bianca or play train or play doh until bath time
7:00 - Bath time, take the kids upstairs for their bath, first I put Bianca in, then I hold Wyatt in the tub with her and wash him, get him out and her out, bring them both downstairs to my room where I will dress them on my bed.
7:30 - Play playhouse disney.com again with Bianca
8:00 - Feed Wyatt and Bianca milkies, watch one of Bianca's shows, probably Caillou
8:30 - Bianca will run upstairs avoiding bedtime and play a little with grandma and grandpa, Wyatt will be fussing, but won't want to go to bed yet, I'll put him in his swing for a mini nap while I do the dinner dishes and tidy up the house
9:00 - I will get Bianca downstairs to brush teeth and read books, Wyatt wakes up.
9:30 - Say prayers and put the kids to bed
9:30-10:30 - Get up and down between the two of them until they fall asleep. Sometimes I have to feed Wyatt again between 10:00 and 11:00.
11:00 - I can go to bed, yeah!!!!!!!!!
And that ladies and gentlemen is my day in a nutshell. Minus laundry. I didn't do any today.(: Yet when people ask me what I did today my response will most likely be "Nothing".
I'm glad to see your days are as unproductively productive (or productively unproductive) as mine are. You know--you're busy all day long but find at the end of the day that you accomplished pretty much nothing. Good times!
ReplyDeletehaha. So true Alicia, so true.
ReplyDeletemaybe your husband should "chip" in.
ReplyDeleteclever erik:) That's crazy- no wonder mothers are considered so amazing- they do a freakin lot! I don't know why you guys say nothing- you're doing a lot! You're changing the the future one kind word at a time:)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a familiar schedule to me. Motherhood is a lot of work and it never is done. Makes me feel better that I do pretty much the same thing : ).
ReplyDeleteThat's funny about the "nothing" part. Sometimes it seems that way, although the total opposite is usually true. I can believe that Rico went in the snow in his jammies. He's CRAAZY! :)
ReplyDeleteI've thought about writing all that I do in a day and I don't want to bc it would take too long! !!!!
So true! I think I might track my day like that. My day starts and ends much earlier than yours. Carter's in bed usually by 6:30/7pm, so dinner time starts sharply at 5.
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