Morning Routine

Q: I'd like you to describe your typical day.
A: I broke this question into three posts to make it short and sweet and to the point. So here is my morning routine for ya.

7:00 wake up with the kids

• Kids eat breakfast.
• I sit at the table and drink something cold (normally water but on occasion OJ or cranberry juice). Unless Talmage is home then I eat breakfast with all of them. But during the week days I don't see him until he comes home in the evening.
• If they aren't grumpy when they wake up, I'll get dressed while they are playing.
• Clean something that they can't undo (dishes, laundry, etc.)
• Or I'll sit on the couch, read something or watch the Morning Show.
• When they are done eating, I generally let them play in their little kiddy pool on the back porch. It is my lazy way of getting them all clean from breakfast and they like it.
• Sometimes I'll put on Animal Atlas, a kids TV show. I feel like we both can learn from it, it has real animals which they love and it doesn't seem like one those cartoons that melt their brains.

8:30 to 10:00

• I'll grab something light to eat, I know breakfast is the most important meal of the day but I haven't been digging it lately, especially in my first trimester (which I am now out of, no more bad morning sickness!!! Wishful thinking, I still have morning sickness.)
• Clean and listen to conference or Book of Mormon. The kids generally play during this time.
• Read, if they will let me, they normally want to take my book.
• Maybe get on the computer, big maybe. (I try not to get on it with the kids around because first they sit on my lap, then they want to touch the keyboard/mouse, then they want to crawl on the desk... basically if you give a mouse a cookie...).
• Do homework.
• Take kids to park if it is cool enough
• If I am smart I run errands because it is cooler than outside and I love how friendly and welcoming stores are during this time

10:30 to 11:30

• Feed kids lunch and eat something more substantial.
• Put the kids down for their nap