Daily Routine

I had a friend ask me recently what I do...besides being a mommy.  I giggled.  If you are a mommy with 5 kids, you know why; there is nothing else to do besides be mommy and wife:)  So I told her I would write out my typical day on my blog - here goes.
5:30 - 6am    Get ready for the day / read Bible
6:30 - 8am    1.  Make breakfast - either muffins/dutch babies/Amish oatmeal/pancakes,

                     sausage or eggs (rotates every other day), and fruit.

                     2.  Make 3 lunches to go; 2 for school and 1 for Rob - work

                     3.  Eat breakfast!

8am             Take kids to school on my drive day / Clean up kitchen / girls do dishwasher / start laundry                              (typically 6 loads every other day)/

                    check to be sure all children have made beds/cleaned rooms/lights out, etc...

9am             Start homeschooling / continue laundry / check e-mail / make calls / clean house/ or run errands

11:15           Prepare lunches for the 4 of us girls / clean up school / laundry

11:30ish       Lunch - sit down for (sometimes) 20-30 minutes:)

12pm           Clean up from lunch / laundry

12:40pm      Daily call with Rob - my favorite!!

1pm             Read books and get girls down for nap - usually just 1 down / continue homeschooling/ 

                    laundry

2:30            Leave for school pick-up
3pm            School pick-up - drive home
3:45            Help with homework / go over spelling and memory work / get snacks for kids
4:30            Off to practice - baseball or whatever, usually / if it's game day we don't come home, we stay                      on that side of town and wait to game (then return about 7:30pm to eat and bed)
5:30           Prepare dinner - usually takes at least 60 minutes
7pm           dinner  - if not a game night

8pm           Get kids ready for bed
9pm           Try to be done with house stuff - usually end up folding laundry on my bed
10-10:30   Sleep:)

My day varies with sports schedule and school events, but this is a "typical" day.  I don't sit very often - always to eat and usually to read a few books to the girls a few times a week.  I love my life and wouldn't trade it for anything....well, maybe trading it for a day off now and then would be good:)