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ok folks I am doing this out of a plea of a fellow sg mom/friend...she wanted to know how my day went..how I spend all my time..here it goes. It is gonna be epic blog hold on!

I also want to point out that I am not advocating all that I do. I am no "super mom" I am just an average one trying to do all the right thing by my kids, my husband, keep the house in order and keep my sanity..This is a mock up of an average day, during the week (the weekends are crazy due to extra activity like museums and stuff)..this also does not take into account drs. appts. or visitors or anything out of ordinary...

Let this be a lesson in waiting for kids...wait till you have had all your selfish fun through your 20's because once this starts (having kids) your life is not your own anymore...and its GREAT!

For those with kids..its funny for those without..sounds tiring and dull...and it is but its also a privedge to do all this for them,soon they won't need me at all and I will have more of me back but for now this is it ..everyday


6:30 - 7AM, boys wake up , usually after sneaking into dads spot in the bed as he leaves for work at 5..
I rush them out of my room and pile up pillows around babygirl so she can get her beauty rest
while I start the day. Get them dressed, brush their teeth and head on downstairs for breakie

7:30 have quick cup of tea and a smoke in the kitchen (off limits) with the windows open while I make
their breakfast. cereal,milk, and a banana for them , nicotine and tea for me

8 am clean their faces, hands, fix their hair send them over gate to play while I clean up kitchen, let out
dog, sweep and mop kitchen floor from snow and fur..and then empty potty in living room where
Des peed.

8:30 Go back upstairs, make three beds and crib, change and dress ev and put her in ozzy's room to play
while I have a quick bath. I usally have to end up running down here all wet in middle of bath to
sort out a fight , go back up , finish, gather things I need for day downstairs like diapers. get her
and bring her down.

9:00 play with kids in living room for about a half hour, cuddling, laughing maybe a puzzle or two..check
my email quick (all our family lives elsewhere so this is the means fo communicating with them.)

9:30 Feed ev some cereal and get stuff ready for boys lunch, cuddle E for a while with boys

10 change Enurse her, wipe off poop smeared aroung livingroom by ozzy while I was nursing her,
change his bum before he smears more around, wrap her up and bring her back upstairs for her
first nap.

10:30 race back down, empty pee potty again, and get boys to eat lunch, by this time I'm starving and
haven't had time to eat yet so I nibble off thier plates..they usually have some sort of wrap, with
yogurt or rice pudding for desert and while they eat and I nibble, I start the first load of laundry of
the day. I usually do two a day. While I'm downstairs I get stuff out of freezer according to my
menu plan, and then clean them up again, change ozzy and set Des up with a tv how, usually
Curiou George or Sesame street while I take ozzy up for his nap..that takes around 20 minutes to
get him asleep , I can't leave him or he will just get up so I put o my makeup and do my hair in
bathroom while I wait..and hope don't wake Ev..

11 back downstairs while 2 sleep for a quick bite and some alone time with Des, we usually read or do
his flash cards (getting him ready for school next year) and after about a half hour set him up with
an activity like his leapfrog or a puzzle or legos while I get 20 or so minutes on chat. this is the
only time in a day where I talk to people (in the winter when i'm on lockdown anyway)

12 kids are up, need changing, nursing, more changing, des has to go upstairs to poop in big potty..get
more supplies when up there, race back down to change loads in basement, back to main floor
to supervise playtime. Usually this is when we will do an art project like painting or clay or
something that everone can agree on..this is a hassle, all the art stuff and carft tablere in
basement so I have to bring it all up, set it up, stop the fighting, change Ev again, have fun painting,
stop fighting over brushes, laugh at ozzy's painted face, take a pic, clean up art stuff, back in
basement, hang the new art on dining room walls, change ozzy, swap toys from toy box up here
with the storage room full of other new toys..and just goof off.

1:30 Feed Ev some veg and fruit..wash her up..kiss her pudgy face for 10 minutes

2 feed boys their snack, usually fruit with cookies or granola, or something we baked together at art
time...I steal some fruit off their plates as of yet have only snacked a bit and am hungry. Clean up
from them eating again (3rd time) which means wash bibs, hands , face, clothes, sweep under the
chairs and wipe out their boosters..send them over gate to play with the new toys I got out..

2:30 change Ev, and Ozzy, empty pee potty..nurse her and put her back upstairs for her 3 oc lock nap

3 set the boys up with an activity like colouring or something, sneak into the kitchen for a tea and a
smoke and 5 minutes of sanity, check the mail, clean out fridge, take note of things for lists like as
in grocery lists or things to get done lists.

3:30 outdoor playtime. in nicer weather I would let Ev nurse and nap at the park with us across the
street but since the cold weather came she won't have it so to please everyone and get the boys
to have the fresh air and excercisehey need I hire a girl to take them to park everyday instead. I
can't leave to do this as she is asleep upstairs and I miss this outdoor time ALOT! anyway I get out
all the snow gear and get them all dressed. These are 2 and 3 year olds so this is quite a task..
alot of sweating, cursing and taking it all of to pee and such..and off they go!

This is wher i have about a 20 minute break..I fold and put away laundy It's too late to eat so I make a cuppa and close my eyes for 5 minutes (I only get about 3-4 hours a night of sleep) I try to mellow out to have the patience to deal with them in an engaging and loving way for the remainder of the day. Maybe I read, maybe I log on, moslty I revel in quiet for 10 minutes

4:00 kids come back, Ev wakes up. Lots of work to get them undressed, snot wiped, pee potty, change
diapers, put wet mittnes downstiars and wrestle and cuddle them up

4-5 set table, start to getpper ready. I cook everything we eat from scratch mostly including deserts
so depending on what we are having this takes a while..

5 Karl comes home, we all hug and chat about our days..they show off their projects, he tells them
his day..him and I face off in kitchen about what has been donewhat needs doing, concerns,
touch baseetc..he goes up to shower while I finish dinner

6 all eat together every night. no tv, no goofing off. It is an excercise in frustration sometimes but
important to us, while the kids eat desert I let dog out, resweep, clean glass, and then clean the up
send them over gate to watch a half hour show on tv , usually little bear..while KArl feeds Ev I go
upstairs and get out jammies, set up tubtoys, get the book they want and change into nightclothes
that are comfy.

7 Karl takes boys up to strat bathtime while I gather the second load of laundry and mop the all the
main floor. Juice, pee, drool, dog fur ..all that needs to be clean as I ahve 3 of them on the floor all
day, I vacuum carpet and head up to put Ev in bath with the boys..

7:30 lotion, powder, jammies..infant massage for younger two...then boys stay upstairs to have their
story while I bring her down to nurse her in peace and quiet..

8 pm boys go to bed while Karl watches them form thier doorway..I lay down babygirl in crib and join
him in hallway on guard for the toddler police..they drift off in like 15 then its over!

8:30................Exhausted, elated, sad, happy...relating stoires of the struggles and the triumphs of the day
over a pot of tea and a joint with the man.

Adult time fromt hen on to draw, read, finish laundry, run the dishwasher, chat online, wtch a movie , have sex (hahah yeah right) and get ready for the night.

nightitme is really something ..the 3 year old has nightterros and sleepwalking, the two year old get sout for drinks often, Ev nurses 3 times a night so on average I sleep for a few minutes at a time for about 5 hours till morning to do it all again!


soooo thats about it...its busy AND dull at times, Its overwhelming at others, boring, funny , happy, sad, frustrating, isolating, and I wouldn't change it for the world