Over at the Family Centered Living boards, someone asked about what everyone's 'typical' day looks like.  I don't know that we have such a thing as a typical day around here, but I figured it'd be fun to keep a journal for the day to see what we do.  So, I did that today, and here goes:

6AM  I'm woken up by Riley whispering "Mama, the clock says six zero zero, time to wake up!"  Who needs an alarm clock, right?  I go downstairs and start some coffee, let the dog out and check in on the computer.  Riley turns on the tv and watches Noggin.

6:30 Robbie wakes up, the tv gets turned off while the boys play Handy Manny.  They debate over who everyone should be, and we end up having to google Handy Manny to figure out what the girls name is.  We go upstairs and visit with Rob before he leaves for work.  I hop in the shower while the boys go downstairs to play.

7:00 I fix some breakfast for the twins (Riley has a bowl of grapes and Robbie has a pear) and I drink my coffee.  Sarah wakes up and I hop back on the computer for a bit. 

7:30 I make Sarah some breakfast (cereal) and then I start some laundry, and mentally make a plan for the day.  I then got sucked into this post and sent the kids upstairs to shower/dress while I finished reading it.    I printed up some handwriting worksheets and made up a science worksheet for school, and fussed at Sarah for dawdling.   I wrote up the kids checklists for school on the white board.  

8:30 Finally, everyone is showered, brushed, dressed and fed, so it's time to start some school.   We say the Pledge of Allegiance, a morning offering and the Angel of God prayer.  I read aloud a lesson from Faith and Life 3, we discuss, and then we head to the kitchen table for seatwork.

9:00 Still in the kitchen working on seatwork.  I find something for breakfast while the kids work, and I also feed the dog and switch the laundry.  The boys finish up their work (math and handwriting) and are drawing pictures.  Sarah is still doing her math--but she's keeping a good attitude, so I'm not complaining!   A fight breaks out between the twins (apparently Riley was looking at Robbie's picture, which was supposed to be a surprise), and Robbie gets sent to his room.  I finish cooking my breakfast (cheesy grits with scrambled eggs mixed in, yum!) and call Robbie back downstairs.   Sarah finished her math and is very proud of her good attitude (as am I!), and she moves on to spelling, the twins have a snack and I scarf down my breakfast. 

9:30  The twins each read to me, and Sarah is working on copywork and a lesson in Primary Language Lessons.  I have let the dog in or out every 5 min. it seems, because a flock of robins keeps landing in our backyard, and that is just not allowed.  It's driving me crazy, but it's also funny to watch the birds tease the dog.  Some of them don't even fly away anymore when he goes out. 

10:00 Rob calls from work and we chat for a few minutes.  Sarah is upstairs reading, and comes down to tell me she's finished her book, Galen in Imperial Rome.  The twins are drawing in the kitchen.   I refill my coffee, give the kids another small snack, and clean up the kitchen.

10:30 I read aloud Augustus Caesar's World to Sarah and she narrates back to me.  Her narrations aren't very detailed, and generally, I only hear the last thing that we read, but if I ask her questions, she'll usually remember most of what we read.   I then read aloud 2 pages from Usborne First Book of Nature, it's about birds and feathers.  I have the kids draw a picture of each type of feather, then write the name.  Then they draw a picture of a bird.  Sarah finishes first and reads a Zoobook about Birds of Prey.  I get sucked into the internet vortex for the next 15 min.

11:30 I read aloud 2 pages from Living Long Ago to the boys, and then they decide to watch the Discover and Do dvd.  Riley informs me that he is going to be a scientist when he grows up, and he'll have to move away somplace more scientific.    While they are watching the dvd, Sarah and I go upstairs and I read aloud The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.   When we come back down, Sarah goes online to feed her neopet, and the twins turn off their dvd and ask for lunch.

12 PM  I heat up leftover spaghetti for lunch (and a peanutbuttter sandwich for Robbie).

12:30 After lunch, I pop on the computer for a few minutes, Sarah does a kids yoga video and the boys bug her to death (isn't that what little brothers are for?).  Then Sarah went upstairs to read Poppy and Rye and I read aloud to the twins from James and the Giant Peach. 

1:00 I fold a load of laundry and washed the lunch dishes while the kids play with modeling clay.  Here's Sarah's monkey:  When they're finished, Sarah had a snack (banana) and the kids put away their laundry. I check the mail, but there's nothing but junk today.

2:00 Riley asks if he can do a science experiment, and so we got out our book 501 Science Experiments.
Riley chooses to do the one called Measuring Temperature.  He was so excited, he even made a page in his science notebook.  Robbie joined in, but wasn't quite as into it as Riley was.  Here's a cute picture:


I think it's funny,  the water is supposed to be red, but sitting in the sun, it looks like beer, lol.  I promise, that is just water with food coloring. 

2:30 Sarah is sitting in the window anxiously waiting for Grammie to pick her up for a playdate at her friends house this afternoon.  She's decided to bring along the story she's been writing.  The twins are watching their experiment--it was a success!  The water was supposed to rise when it was warm (sitting in the sun) and go down when cold (in the refridgerator).

3:00 Grammie is here!  Sarah leaves for her playdate, Riley is setting up the chess board to play by himself, and Robbie is working on a puzzle of the United States.

3:30 The boys are now watching an episode of Handy Manny, and I'm sitting here typing this up.  I was going to do this for the whole day, but I'd already filled almost 3 notebook pages with my notes, and frankly, I think this post is long enough! 

When I finish here, I'm going to put a chicken in the oven to roast, clean up the kitchen, and fold another load of laundry.   I'll try to get the twins unglued from the tv and we'll have dinner at 5:30 when Rob and Sarah get home.  I hope you enjoyed a peek at our day! 

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