Quiet Gardens, Raging Seas Part Deux
A String of Nevil Family MomentsArchive for The Daily Grind
Maiden Voyages
(This first sentence is more fun to say in a whispery voice…) It’s 10:12 pm right now and the house is really, REALLY, quiet. But, that is totally ok with me. This week is going to be nuts! I have no time for things outside the norm. In fact, I think I don’t even have time for things inside the norm. Hence, this late night blog post! (Ok, you can stop with the whispery voice now.)
Tomorrow morning Cooper has school and it is class field-trip day. We are going to the Pumpkin Patch. I say “we” because I’m a parent helper! This is my first time! It’s the Maiden Voyage of the Parent/School relationship! I’m a virgin parent helper. I feel so grown up. WOW!
In light of where we are going however, I am very disappointed that I never went to Marshall’s this weekend to buy the brown, rubber, dragonfly boots that were incredibly cute and only $16.00. You know what I am talking about right? Those boots that are a requirement for all people who live in Washington state? (Seriously! They are so incredibly multi-purpose; they are good for the beach AND all the other muddy places we go out here like the Tulip Festival.)
Imagine boots like that but a pretty chocolate brown with little grey, yellow and green pencil drawn dragonflies about the size of the polka dots. So cute!
Anyway, tomorrow should be fun and then the week just whirls by after that. It’s nice though because my friend Krista is thinking of being super spontaneous and coming to visit at the end of this month. What I mean is-the time is flying now! There is so much happening between now and the end of the year. I may just wake up and BAM! Jeremy will be here! YAY!
I have many new snacks and meals I need to add to She Cooks so be watching for that to happen. Oh! And I finally updated the Flickr site a bit. Hey, just for laughs, check this out. Talk about maiden voyages! You will laugh until you cry!
Mornings in the Nevil Household
My friend Kelli over at Minivans Are Hot posted this post about her and her three childrens’ morning routine. It cracked me up -especially the part about the clapping. I’ve started clapping lately too because I’ve noticed that it works when I clap my hands. Somehow it sparks urgency in my child…and frankly, that’s the whole point!
Kelli asked us to chat about our mornings too, so I thought I’d throw my daily grind into the mix. I’m picking a school day (but really, this is only Mondays or Fridays because Wednesdays are even MORE crazy). I try not to do anything on days that don’t involve school.
I’m SUPPOSED to wake up at 6:30 am. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t. I’ve recently rewarded myself for waking up earlier by setting the coffee pot to go off at 6:20 am so that it is ready when my alarm goes off. This has actually worked! I run and grab a quick shower while my little angels sleep for a couple more minutes.
Then, as soon as I turn off the water in the shower, I hear Chase crying. Thus my morning begins. It’s a race over the next hour and fifteen minutes to nurse Chase, then feed him cereal -oh and the big one needs food too (though, his request for pancakes with sprinkles is not happening unless I make them the night before and freeze them….).
Hopefully, I’ve made it out the door by 8:15 am so that I am not in a frantic hurry all the way down I-5 to Coop’s school. I drop him off, give kisses and hugs, chat with Crystal and the other mommies, then head back down I-5 to home sweet home. Chase goes straight up to bed for a nap and I have about an hour and a half to make beds, clean up the house, work out, pay bills or whatever I can imagine or requires my focused attention while no one else needs me. (Which is good because besides the evening when the kids go to bed, that’s about the only time I have like that!)
By 10:30 am, it’s time to get the baby up and dressed, feed him again and then out the door by 11:10 am. Once we are back home it’s lunch and naps! Before I know it, it is 4:00 pm. I’ve visited with neighbors, chatted on the phone, caught up with emails (and maybe some blogs) and maybe even made it to the post office or something like that. I start dinner and the evening is in full swing pretty quick.
So, that’s what the day looks like for me and the boys. It actually isn’t too bad, so Kel, you’ve got a harder gig than me I think. I only have 1 child to get off and out in the day. The baby is the easy one! (at least, he is for now!) I’m so glad that Jeremy will be home by the time Chase starts to be a little more of a challenge.
So, I ask you too-what does your morning routine look like?
