Today I woke up around 7:20am. My youngest was sleeping with me and woke just a few minutes later and we snuggled and nursed.
Next was a quick shower.
Called my husband, who is on Study Leave this week, while getting ready for day.
Made my bed, then went downstairs and got the baby her breakfast.
Filled my cup with lots of ice and water and tried to chug a bit. I always struggle to do that first thing. 🙄
Emptied all the ice trays in my ice bucket. I have 9 ice trays that we empty/fill daily.
Made my Brownie batter and set it in the window sill to cool. https://thewellplannedkitchen.com/brownie-batter-in-a-mug/
Filled the Berkey and then the ice trays.
Went upstairs to do my devotions. I don’t do this at the same time each day. Today it just worked out to do it in the morning. Often I do it during quiet time.
Next it was time to change the baby’s diaper and clothes for the day.
Oversaw morning chores and turned fun music on for the littles (after Siri “gave me attitude” for a while haha!)
Ate my brownie batter and watched a YouTube show while kids went outside to play.
After that I went upstairs to get ready to leave the house to run a few errands.
My pickup order wasn’t ready yet, so I worked on menu planing while the little girls played in the living room and watched Sofia the First. The rest were all outside having a blast.
Took the little girls and one big girl with me to drop a Graceful Goods order off, picked up something from a friend, and grabbed my Walmart pickup order.
Put the groceries away.
Sat on the deck with two kids and enjoyed the fresh spring air for a little while.
Next I started making some hard boiled eggs to go with lunch.
I exercised while waiting for the eggs to boil. I’m fighting a migraine today, so I needed something simple. I don’t follow any specific program, but rather I have a “playlist” of simple sets I choose from. Today I did this one https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BFWW9TM6d/?mibextid=wwXIfr
My momma called a little bit after that, so we chatted while I got lunch ready.
It’s so beautiful out so the kids ate lunch out on the back deck - leftover pasta, tortilla chips, and hard boiled eggs.
In Oregon we have to do state testing for grades 3, 5, 8, & 10. I pulled up a practice state test so the kids could see what one was like since they’ve never ever taken a test like this before. Later in the day I bought a full practice test for each grade, printed them up, and tomorrow they will do them.
Next up, I oversaw table chores and then sent kids out front to play.
I went upstairs to get nap areas ready for the littles.
Checked on kids playing, made sure Bigs knew I would be putting the baby to sleep, then went upstairs to put said baby to sleep. 😁
After that I got my lunch ready, made sure all kids were inside and then went upstairs to eat and watch a YouTube show.
When I finished eating, I put the other two littles down for their naps around 1:30.
Got my supplements, some more water, and the last of my brownie batter and went back upstairs.
I got to enjoy some nice quiet time resting in bed and catching up on some of my YouTubers. Here are a few I enjoy.
https://youtube.com/@homesteadyshow?si=a-WFYMN45ffaRfmT
https://youtube.com/@somersinalaska?si=nGdQOnEIax49-dAV
https://youtube.com/@northtoalaska2022?si=-M3MOO8DHE-bJi2L
https://youtube.com/@jamerrillstewart?si=q0Rokx7Go25Padi3
(Looks like I watch a lot of YouTube! Haha! I really don’t. Before quiet time, I think the longest I watched was 7 minutes)
My youngest woke a little before 3 and we cuddled for a bit before going downstairs for a snack of cookies that one of my Bigs made yesterday.
After quiet time we always have a thorough whole house clean up. Today I called for an extra good one, plus we did a little dinner prep, then we headed out for a walk to the nearby park. It’s a BEAUTIFUL day out here in Oregon - sunny, breezy, with a temp of 74 at the moment. On the walk to the park we stopped to chat with neighbors and ended up bringing their three kids with us to the park. 😄
While at the park a few of my kids asked to go to the library which is on the same property as the playground. As soon as they got back we started for home, dropping the neighbors kids off on the way by.
Once home I sent a couple kids to shower, got a splinter out of a Littles foot, and started a big pot of rice. We also called Daddy on FaceTime and got see my oldest daughter and her baby. And I got my first smile!!!!!
Dinner was rice and pork sausage. Some kids had some toppings, others just wanted cheese, and almost all wanted tortilla chips.
After dinner was showers and table chores.
It’s now 7pm and I need to switch laundry one last time, do a quick tidy of the house, put the chicken into a brine so I can grill it tomorrow, and let the kids know the plan for tomorrow…..once I fully figure it out. 😄 Otherwise we’re going to have a slow evening of playing games and watching movies. Then it’s bedtime. 💕
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