Sunday, January 14, 2024

Day in the Life: November 21st

Wouldn't you want to wake up to this picture every morning?

7:00 Being ready for school on time means a little bit of screen time in the morning

8:00 We leave tomorrow for our Thanksmas trip out east--lots of prep today (and grateful for a boy who can entertain himself when Mommy is busy!)

9:00 Also grateful for a boy who likes to help Mommy when her to-do list is massive...

10:00 because in addition to packing for a week-long trip out east I also have to make rolls for a Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's house tonight?

11:00 The desire to unpack our airplane suitcase and do our activities RIGHT.NOW is a real thing

12:00 Picking stories for naptime! 

1:00 Getting the airplane suitcase re-packed (and distracting myself from all the things that have to get done by putting a Netflix movie on in the background)

2:00 Oh hi bills that have to get paid before we head out of town!

3:00 Well hello last minute load of laundry!

4:00 Still grateful for boys who can entertain themselves while Mommy is busy

5:00 A library stop before long travel days is one hundred percent necessary

6:00 Thanksgiving celebration with my parents and siblings (let's not talk about how impromptu this dinner was, mmkay? I'm stressed just thinking about it)

7:00 And part of the reason for the stress? We were SUPPOSED to be getting together to celebrate my niece's birthday. "Thanksgiving" was a bit of an afterthought that got tacked on to the gathering, but I didn't want it to take away from her birthday (because you only turn seven once!)

8:00 And I was also stressed about making sure our boys got home and to bed at a decent time because we had a long day of travel the next day

9:00 No idea why what this picture represents. I know it's a picture of our super messy toy ottoman, and the only thing I can think of is that I took it shortly before I went digging through it to find Match Box cars to toss into travel suitcases for the boys. Or maybe I just wanted you to see one of the areas of controlled messes in my house. No idea.

10:00 Travel clothes laid out and organized on our bed...

11:00 Travel clothes packed away and ready to leave in the morning!

Is this a late bedtime? Yes. Am I super proud of how much we got done tonight to be ready to leave for our trip tomorrow? Also yes.


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