Day in the Life: June 21st

Time to rise and shine, even if it is summer!

8:00 At the lake but....

9:00 Headed off to a parade for the morning

10:00 A HOT parade. So hot

11:00 The boys collected a pretty decent haul at the parade (in addition to get soaked multiple times by groups that made the wise choice to incorporate squirt guns on their floats!)

12:00 Enjoying a lunch with other Shriners

1:00 Back at the lake

2:00 And soooo ready to get in the water

3:00 All the water activities

4:00 Seriously such a perfect day to be in the water

5:00 Trying to find the fish that are *hopefully* beating the heat in the shade of the pontoon

6:00 Prepping cinnamon rolls for breakfast!

7:00 Hungry boys ready for snack after a full day of sun and water

8:00 Zero complaints about setting down for bedtime 

9:00 When the kids are in bed the adults will play (and when it's just my parents and us "whist" is the game we play. The aces are good--the lack of other face cards to help the aces is not good)

10:00 Same story, another hand, an hour later. Not a super enjoyable night of whist with hands like these

Considering there are some nights we have only played a hand or two by this point, calling it a night and heading to bed before eleven after a full game is pretty darn good!

Day in the Life: May 21st

You know it's the last day of school when that wake up time is definitely later than it should be because everyone (parents included!) is ready for summer

7:00 But late wake up or not, it's eggs and toast for breakfast

8:00 My happy little boy enjoying a last quiet day before the chaos of everyone at home ensues

9:00 Still busy with the Legos!

10:00 Maybe some year I'll be organized enough to get teacher thank you notes to school before the last day. Maybe

11:00 Squeezing in some grocery shopping with just one little tag-a-long while I still can!

12:00 Lunch for the little

1:00 Back up to school to help with an ice cream party for the 5th graders (on what was probably one of the coldest last days of school and I'm pretty sure all the kids would have rather had hot cocoa than stand in a cold line waiting for ice cream)

2:00 Lunch for Mom, with a side of ice cream that Matthew was given but didn't finish

3:00 All the laundry, all the time

4:00 Chess is so not my thing, but playing games with my Connor is, so I guess I can make it work

5:00 Tacos!

6:00 Picking William up from a last day of school party so he can get to his last night of youth group 

7:00 Getting ready to roll out (gluten-free!) sugar cookies to take to the lake for Memorial Day Weekend

8:00 And this kiddo right here did basically all of the work for the cookies

9:00 Prepping a celebratory First Day of Summer breakfast! 

10:00 Working on our menu plan for the lake for Memorial Day Weekend

Not bad for bedtime considering School's Out For Summer! (Although who am I kidding, the boys will still be up at 6:30 tomorrow morning, so it's not like I'll get to sleep in or anything)

Day in the Life: April 21st

Sleeping in until 7:00 on a Monday? There must not be school today

8:00 Slapjack fun

9:00 Prepping dinner now, which must mean I'm dragging the boys out of the house this afternoon

10:00 But first, time to organize some materials for the upcoming PTO fundraiser

11:00 And then, lunch (eggs and Mac & Cheese!)

12:00 I swear someone always needs their fingernails cut

1:00 Off for some forced family fun!

2:00 First up, a hike

3:00 And then off to a park

4:00 But of course we have to be home in time to watch an afternoon show

5:00 Mom break while Dad finishes dinner

6:00 That's a wrap on dinner!

7:00 Cleaning up from some evening outdoor play

8:00 Alllll the books before bed

9:00 Lots more details to finalize for our PTO fundraiser

10:00 But not so many that I can't make time for some reading before bed

Happy Birthday William!

 

Happy Birthday my sweet boy! How will you be a teenager next (or more appropriately--"this", since this post is so belated) year?!?