A day in the life...

I have been wanting to do a post like this for awhile but never really got around to doing it. I think it'll be fun to have this to look back on in a few months when I have 2 littles in the house. Each season of life looks so different and its always nice to have a reference of just what that looked like for those moments in time. So thanks, Linds for asking what my day looks like and giving me the motivation to sit down and do it :)

I'm doing what a typical day looks like and not a specific day as each day around here looks so different. I am not a very structures person and like to have time to just be and do so I try not to have every Monday look the same instead I just wait until we wake up and then see what the day brings. 

6:30~ I wake up as hubby is getting up for work. I use this little time before LB gets up to pray and read the Word on my IPhone. Judge if you want but it is so nice to be able to stay and bed and connect with God without having to turn on a bright light or make my body move before its ready. 

7:30~ LB's awake and ready to play. Some mornings he will come lay in bed with me for a few minutes and watch PBS kids. Most days though we are pulling all the toys out of his toy box and racing around the house as cars.

8:00~ Breakfast time! LB loves blueberries and I mean loves... Every morning he has a cup of them along with either oatmeal, yogurt, or cereal. While he is eating I eat as well, usually steal cut oats and a piece of fruit.

8:15~ I clean up the kitchen. Unloading the dishes from the dishwasher and picking up whatever I missed from the night before. LB "helps" me unload and then runs away to play at his work bench, hammering away as I work.

8:45~ LB decides it is time to clean so we usually vacuum the upstairs. He loves the vacuum and daily will get it out of the closet for me and grab his toy vacuum to begin our task. Some days though he decides the kitchen floor is dirty and pulls out the broom for me. So glad one of us is staying on task ;)

{Some mornings we will do playdates, run errands, or go outside to play. But if not here is what the rest of our morning looks like}

9:00~ Sesame street time! LB lately hasn't really been watching it but insist on us coming downstairs and turning it on. For the majority of the time he pulls out all his downstairs toys and we build blocks and race cars down the slide as it is on in the background. That is until Elmo comes on. Once Elmo hits the screen he is frozen. He loves that puppet. So I spend those 15 minutes switching out and folding laundry. 

10:00~ Snack time. This boy can eat so we usually make a smoothie then eat some fruit and toast. 

10:30~ I start lunch. I usually do something with pasta or a panini or quesadillas.

11:00~ Lunch time and reading books before nap.

11:30-1:30~ Nap time!  This is the time of day that I usually play on the computer, eat my lunch, shower, put away laundry, do one of my daily "chores" or nap. 

1:30~ Up from nap and ready to play.

2:00~ If we didn't go do something in the morning this is when we get out and go somewhere. Since it is getting nice out again we usually play outside on the deck or go to the zoo or park.

4:00~Snack time and I start getting dinner together while he plays by himself.

5:00~Daddy home!

5:30~ Dinner time. 

6:00~ The boys play while I clean up from dinner and bake. 

7:00~ Bathtime followed by dancing with the Wii just dance game. 

8:00~ Start getting LB ready for bed. Which includes about 30 minutes of reading books with him followed by praying and singing with daddy.

9:00~ LB is finally asleep and its time for mommy and daddy to hang out. 

10:30~ Lights out :)

I really love this stage with LB. He is so curious and loves to play. He is into everything and just wants to figure out how each toy and item in our house works. Lots of days he helps me make dinner or cookies or whatever else I am doing. These are the moments I want to soak up with him knowing that this stage is only going to last so long. He is the sweetest.