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My dayCandy, over at Keeping the Home has asked if we will post a "to do" list. Well, I haven't been able to post the list before the day happens, so here's an "already done" list.6:00 wake up, prayer --draw bath --wake kids up --cuddle hubby --yoga stretches 15-20 min.(just the ones with Priscilla on PBS--no mystical junk there--when you are 42 and preggo, you need some limbering up!) --put away laundry from previous day --iron clothes and lay them out for hubby and me --check on kids and their morning chores --bathe, put on make up, do hair --make bed --check on kids --finish up brochure for hubby --eat breakfast --wash up and fix hair of little girls, make sure they have clean clothes --get the boys in the bath (we alternate with the younger boys and the little girls) --clean dining room and wash dishes after Grace made blueberry pancakes (yummy but messy, and we are short-handed with Timothy off on a boy scout trip) --check on progress of kids on other chores --Head downstairs (where we have a playroom, craft area, etc.) for concentrated learning time --20 minutes reading aloud "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" to everyone (with Faith able to sit on my lap or play) --older girls go to prepare for their job (normally doing "life lab" work) --read aloud from Bible in Genesis, the story of Joseph leading up to Moses, which will work in nicely with our study of "buggies" --copy off "scientific sketch" sheets with lines under a box for a sketch (from http://highland.hitcho.com.au/Forms.htm) --set up today's copy work--2Cor. 5:17--talking about "metamorphosis" as it relates to our new life in Christ and comparing it to the transformation that happens when a caterpillar changes into a butterfly --find a page in our insect book to illustrate the caterpillar to butterfly, and use it to sketch, after everyone has copied the verse from the white board (this was spurred on by the capturing of a beautiful caterpillar that we have "jarred" and are awaiting when it will make it's crysalis and turn into something that flies) --after completion of sketch sheet, everyone cleans the basement and finds shoes in preparation for a walk to the nature park while I journal about our lessons for the day --we sit and wait on the porch and enjoy an apple for a snack while exploring about birds and electricity with a teacher's edition of an Abeka science book --walk to nature park, explore the flora and fauna, get really hot and tired, head home --Nikki has sandwiches and chips waiting for us--we eat and discuss our day --switch laundry --I leave the kitchen to the children, with older sister Anna in charge --I head upstairs for some lunch cuddles with hubby --30 minutes private devotional reading, nap--all of the kids either napping or in quiet time --up and preparing dinner--noodles stroganoff, corn, chocolate cake (while talking to oldest daughter on phone who lives two states away about my grandbaby, etc.) --leave the finishing to Nikki, take off to bank and pick up daughter at work with hubby --stop at library to pick up some Jimmy Stewart movies --home to direct dinner, bring dinner up to hubby, eat dinner with kids--the older ones discuss ways they had concocted to get out of eating dinner when they were little--we all have a good laugh --dinner cleanup--my oldest son (21) lines all of the little kids up and acts like a drill sargent to get them going--they all know he's too good natured to take him too seriously, so it is interesting to watch them all: --clear, wash, polish dining room table and benches --vacuum main floor --sweep kitchen --fill dishwasher --wash other dishes --clean counters and cupboard fronts --scrub all appliances, in and out (micro, fridge, stove) --take out trash --I put the 3 little girls in the bath--2 of them were playing in the grass and were itchy --they go upstairs where Daddy directs their dressing --switch laundry --scrub a stubborn pan while oldest son tells me about his day and his ideas--little kids are done with their jobs and head downstairs, the oldest girls are already getting ready for bed--it's been a long, exhausting day for them --Daddy comes downstairs and fools around, getting ready to watch one of our Jimmy Stewart movies --Everyone sits down to watch movie, while I sit with my laptop and do a little blogging (we have a huge sectional that can seat almost all of us comfortably) --clean up family room, brush teeth, bed Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 65 of 84 } { Next Page } |
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