A Day in the Life: Homeschool Activities and Baby Business

My last Day in the Life post was just two weeks after Pipsqueak was born.  We were just settling in to life with four and things were still a little crazy.  Well, they’re still crazy but we have finally gotten a bit of a routine down!day in the life

5:00 Laying in bed, listening to Pipsqueak grunt and kick his feet, hoping he’ll put himself back to sleep

5:15 Nursing Pipsqueak

5:30 Trying to settle Pipsqueak in his bed

5:45 Nursing Pipsqueak

6:00 Snuggling Pipsqueak on the couch and watching Project Runway

6:15 Dozing on the couch while snuggling Pipsqueak

6:30 Dozing on the couch while snuggling Pipsqueak

6:45 Dozing on the couch while snuggling Pipsqueak

7:00 Dozing on the couch while snuggling Pipsqueak

7:15 Nursing Pipsqueak and dozing while talking to the girls

7:30 Helping the girls and Doodle with their Valentine’s

7:45 Saying good-bye to Hubby

8:00 Making breakfast (including coffee)

8:15 Eating breakfast

8:30 Cutting a hole out of Sugarplum’s shoebox for Valentine’s

8:45 Getting Doodle dressed

9:00 Folding diaper inserts

9:15 Loading everyone in the car

9:30 At the grocery store picking up a snack to share at our Homeschool group

9:45 At the park, waiting for homeschool Valentine’s party to begin

10:00 Scribbling names on Valentine treats to share with friends

10:15 Chatting with the other homeschooling moms about the cool weather

10:30 Helping kids make Valentine craft bags

10:45 Nursing Pipsqueak and again complaining about the cold with the other moms

11:00 Handing out and collecting Valentine’s

11:15 Driving to out homeschool gymnastics class

11:30 Driving to gymnastics

11:45 In the potty at gymnastics with Doodle

12:00 Changing Pipsqueak’s diaper in the car

12:15 Nursing Pipsqueak and giggling with the other parents over our children’s awkwardness

12:30 Putting on Doodle’s shoes while girls pass out Valentine’s to their gymnastics friends

12:45 Driving home while Pipsqueak screams

1:00 Driving home

1:15 Making lunch

1:30 Eating lunch and trying to entertain Pipsqueak

1:45 Changing Pipsqueak’s diaper

2:00 Doing spelling with Sugarplum and arguing with Honeybun about doing hers while nursing Pipsqueak

2:15 Doing spelling with both girls and counting with Doodle

2:30 Doing spelling with Honeybun and math with Sugarplum

2:45 Doing spelling with Honeybun and math with Sugarplum

3:00 Cleaning up school

3:15 Reading with Doodle before nap

3:30 Nursing Pipsqueak and checking e-mail, watching Reign on Netflix

3:45 Having some ice cream, watching Reign

4:00 Blogging, watching Reign

4:15 Snuggling Pipsqueak, watching Reign

4:30 Blogging, watching Reign

4:45 Blogging, watching Reign

5:00 Getting kids up from nap

5:15 Getting snacks

5:30 Looking over Honeybun’s school work, discussing the intricacies of cursive writing

5:45 Changing Pipsqueak’s diaper

6:00 Trying to figure out how to use the shredder attachment for my stand mixer

6:15 Making pancakes (it was Pancake Tuesday in Ireland)

6:30 Washing dishes

6:45 Cooking pancakes (Dairy Free Carrot Coconut, soooo yummy!)

7:00 Serving up dinner

7:15 Eating Dinner and nursing Pipsqueak

7:30 Changing Pipsqueak’s diaper

7:45 Scheduling blog tweets

8:00 Getting Doodle ready for bed

8:15 Nursing Pipsqueak and checking in on Facebook

8:30 Playing with Pipsqueak and finishing my episode of Reign from earlier

8:45 Playing with Pipsqueak and watching Life in Pieces with hubby

9:00 Nursing Pipsqueak and watching Life in Pieces with hubby

9:15 Watching Life in Pieces with hubby

9:30 Watching Life in Pieces with hubby

9:45 Getting ready for bed

10:00 Laying Pipsqueak down

10:15 Asleep (and baby slept all the way until 7:00 this morning, yay Pipsqueak!)