For the longest time, I've been wanting to share what a typical day looks like in the Twiss household. I think someday I'll look back and think, wow, that were some crazy, fun days! It's lengthy, but very accurate!
540 am: Chad wakes up to get ready for work, Bray is usually made his way to our bed
6:30am: Chad leaves for work, my first alarm goes off in which I hit snooze until..
7:15am: I'm up and getting ready for my first kid of the day
7:30am: Kid #1 arrives, Bryn wakes up for the day
8:00am: Kid #2 arrives
8:15am: Bryn gets breakfast
8:30am: make some much needed coffee, unload dishwasher
8:35am: my stupid coffee pot leaks AGAIN (very normal lately, putting that on my wish list!)
8:40am: change Bryn's diaper
8:45am: Bryn wants to sit on the potty
8:50am: get a quick chance to make some toast for me and a few sips of coffee and my daily pills
8:55am: Bryn wants to get dressed and manages to have her first accident in her underwear she demands to wear.
9:00am: Kid #3 arrives
9:15am: Bray gets up (this is late for him) and wants big boy underwear on, finally get Bryn cleaned up and dressed as well
9:20am: Bray wants breakfast and Kid #1 is working on pooping her diaper!
9:30am: change kid #1's poopy diaper
9:40am: we are coloring
9:45am: try to sit on the potty again, no success, try to get a few more sips of my cold coffee
10:00am: Bryn decides she wants more yogurt
10:15am: clean up the kitchen finally from breakfast
10:20am: notice my kids are trying to create a jungle gym and they are taking apart the couches, great..
10:25am: Bryn has a poop/pee accident...yummy..
10:30am: Rozzum (I call him kid #4), he fits right in with all of them, wants outside to go pee
10:35am: snacktime for everyone
10:40am: Bray has an pee accident
10:50am: getting Kid #1's bottle prepped
10:55am: clean up quickly from snacktime
11:05am: feeding kid #1 their bottle
11:20am: Bray tells me his milk tastes yucky..great, sour milk? yep..
11:30am: change kid #2
11:35am: storytime!
11:50am: preheat the oven for lunch
11:55am: Bray has another pee accident
Noon: the kids get to watch their favorite show
12:10pm: kid #1 goes down for a nap
12:15pm: lunch is served
12:20pm: feed kid # 3 lunch
12:30pm: change kid #3's poopy diaper, Bray has yet another pee accident
12:50pm: feed kid #3 some milk before naptime
1:10pm: kid #3 down for a nap
1:15pm: peebody has another accident
1:20pm: Kid #2 goes down for a nap
1:30pm: 'rest time' for our 2 kids, I finally get some bites of lunch and clean up the kitchen from lunch
2:00pm: Kids sit on potty, Bryn has a wet accident
2:15pm: pick up toyroom
2:45pm: peebody has another accident
2:50pm: kid #2 is up from nap
3:00pm: kid #1 is up from nap
3:10pm: kid #3 is up from nap
3:15pm: Bryn has a poop/pee accident
3:25pm: change kid #1 and #3 diapers
3:30pm: change kid #2's diaper
3:35pm: prep bottles for the 2 younger ones
3:40pm: feed the 2 younger ones a bottle
3:45pm: Mom # 2 picks up, Bray is FINALLY successful at going on the potty
3:50pm: Bryn has a pee accident
4:00pm: Mom #3 picks up
4:30pm: Mom #1 picks up
4:45pm: B & B try the potty again
5:05pm: Bray's 2nd successful potty try!
6:00-7:00pm: making and eating dinner
7:30pm: give the kids baths
8-9:00pm: kids wind down, we are trying to catch up on making lunches for the next day, putting laundry away, cleaning up the house, etc..
9:00pm: teeth brushed, stories read and bedtime for our 2!
9:30pm: usually Chad is asleep
9:30pm-midnight (most days): my "me time", somedays its for real, some days not!
And so it is said on the soap opera: "Like sands through the hourglass, so our the days of our lives"!
2 comments:
Remind me to never stop by during the middle of the day.
I'm gonna go buy some stock in Clorox. It's a constant wet clean-up situation at your house. I can only imagine our house will be the same in the near future. Hang in there and thanks for sharing.
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