A Day In The Life of Me - Monday

I'm new at the posting picture things so you will notice that some of the early pictures needed to be rotated. I figured this out later, but had already spent so much time doing this that I didn't want to go bakc and fix it. Just tilt your head to the side. (I will post more days soon.)

6:30 Monday morning, 6yo and 1yo watch television while we wait for 3yo to wake.






Meanwhile, I start the laundry. It is Monday and my laundry is always busy on this day since I don't do laundry all weekend. I love folding laundry and the reason is because I listen to Womens' Conference while I work. It always lifts my spirits and helps me start the day thinking of how to be better in so many ways.



Done. I fold only as long as one talk is ~ 20 minutes.




Then I check my blog messages and emails and respond. I time myself for 10 minutes so I don't get carried away. (Mama, it actually looks like that might be your blog on the screen. LOL!)



Now everyone is awake and we will now clean the bedrooms. Everyone helps with everyones bedrooms. Teamwork. Here are the boys and here is the older boys' bedrooms - before we clean. The trick is that if the boys hurry and after each task say, "What can I do next?" Then we get pancakes for breakfast. If they lag then it is cold or hot cereal. They love pancakes or maybe it's the lake of syrup they put on top.





The boys did their job the way they should.
While I made pancakes they played.



After breakfast we all do our table chores. The 6yo and 3yo clear the table and put anything away that they can reach. I then do the dishes and wipe the counters and floors. While I finish my part of the chores then the boys play. Here is 1yo playing.



Kitchen is all clean. Now it is time to get everyone ready for a fun day.



On days that we eat anything with syrup we do not dress until after breakfast. If we are having something else then the dressin part happens when we are cleaning bedrooms. Here is 3yo dressing himself. he's having trouble with his zipper. We were going to a local amusement park with two of my brothers and their families as well as my parents. One of my brothers was unable to make it since he just had his first baby not long ago. We put all the kids in matching shirts that were bright so we could spot them easily. It worked really well and was cute to see all of the cousins walking around matching.




Hubby is assisted by 1yo while making lunch to eat on the way. 1yo loves horses and is often found holding one or a book with a horse in it.



We spent from 11Am to 6:30 PM at the park. It was a blast and the kids held up so much better than I thought they would. We have two cousins that live 7 minutes from the park and they invited us to a lunch there to get out of the heat and give the kids who needed it a little nap. That worked out so well. When we got home we all crashed - except 3yo. He was wound up and it took him awhile to calm down. Here is a pcture of 6yo in the bumper cars.



And that is the end of our Monday except I took 15 minutes to tidy the house before sleeping.


I will post a more normal day next. So check back in a few days.