3AM-wake up and feed Elena(7months)-back to sleep in about 30 minutes
6:20-Dad gets up for the day
6:30-Paul(4 years old) usually wakes up (hungry? of course!) Daddy gets him breakfast
6:45-I wake up(or hit the snooze til 7:00) and try not to wake a still-sleeping Elena
7:00-wake up 7 year old Gabriel(if he did not wake up on his own at 6am)
I make some coffee and enjoy a little breakfast time with whomever is up
7:20-wake up 6 year old Peter--NOT a morning person -- feed him a little breakfast before time to go
7:30-wake up Hannah(13) or Clara(10) to watch the littles-Elena, Paul, and JP while I drive Peter and Gabriel to school. they take turns with this "morning duty" as some or all are up by now. Dad leaves for work.
7:45-leave for school
8:00-back home(school is REALLY close)--have a little more coffee, feed Elena, finish up breakfast, check e-mail while kids watch Sesame street.
8:30-wake anyone who is still sleeping-they dress and eat breakfast
9:00-start school work for H and C, try to give Elena a nap, play with little boys, run an errand if needed
11:45-Fix and eat lunch
12:30-clean up lunch-girls take boys on a walk or outside to play-or they clean up and I go outside to play :0)
1:00-2:45 nap time(or rest time if they don't sleep)Girls work on schoolwork, I catch up on laundry, plan dinner, grade math, or manage whatever crisis that has cropped up...or...Mom sleeps too!
2:45-go get boys from school-back by 3:15
3:15-snacks and homework, then outside time
4:00-take girls to gymnastics practice-play at the playground there if we have time-or an errand or a drs appt or run to the store for what I forgot to get for the dinner...
5:30-TV break for the boys while I get dinner together
6:00-Dad's home!!Yeah!! Dinner with dad--then clean up dinner(all will help)
7:00-wrestle with Dad, baths, teethbrushing, books, prayers(23rd Psalm before bed)
7:45-Peter to bed(Paul and Jon too if they did not nap)if they stay up, they play in the den with legos, tinkertoys, or playmobil. one of us goes to pick up the girls at gym.
8:30-Gabriel to bed(and the other boys if still up)Girls eating dinner and showering-and talking to us about how sore they are from workout! We enjoy this time since they aren't here at dinner time.
9:30-Elena to bed(good luck with this one!), Clara and Hannah in bed(lights out at 9:45-10:00)
I am usually getting things ready for the next day, talking to Preston, folding laundry, on the computer, etc till about 10:30 or 11:00
11:00-I shower, read a little, crochet on a project, or take care of Elena who has woken up by now...
12:00-go to sleep...whew! that's why the blog is called "My Busy Crew"
