{"id":11182,"date":"2016-07-06T07:31:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T11:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=11182"},"modified":"2016-07-06T07:43:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T11:43:30","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-summer-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/06\/a-day-in-the-life-summer-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in the Life: Summer Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

The girls are doing science camp all this week and it’s the first time I haven’t had all 4 kids home with me since Pipsqueak came along. You’d think that life would be soooo much easier with 2 less kids for most of the day but, unfortunately, it’s not.<\/p>\n

This was yesterday:<\/p>\n

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4:15 up nursing Pipsqueak<\/p>\n

4:30 still nursing Pipsqueak<\/p>\n

4:45 still nursing Pipsqueak (he went to bed at 7:00 and wasn’t all that sleepy)<\/p>\n

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5:30 nursing Pipsqueak in bed<\/p>\n

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6:30 getting baby attacked by a wide-awake Pipsqueak<\/p>\n

6:45 checking Facebook\/e-mail, etc.<\/p>\n

7:00 making coffee<\/p>\n

7:15 listening to Doodle have an epic meltdown about not getting to go to camp with the girls<\/p>\n

7:30 making Doodle’s breakfast<\/p>\n

7:45 putting the girls’ hair up<\/p>\n

8:00 helping girls make lunches<\/p>\n

8:15 eating my breakfast<\/p>\n

8:30 building a train track for Doodle\"boys<\/a><\/p>\n

8:45 nursing Pipsqueak<\/p>\n

9:00 checking e-mails<\/p>\n

9:15 checking e-mails, getting my hair “cut” by Doodle<\/p>\n

9:30 scheduling blog content while boys play outside<\/p>\n

9:45 scheduling blog content while boys play outside<\/p>\n

10:00 Getting dressed<\/p>\n

10:15 taking boys for a walk\/bike ride\"bike<\/a><\/p>\n

10:30 cleaning up 4th of July fireworks trash and debris from the yard and road<\/p>\n

10:45 doing color matching with Doodle (while Pipsqueak snoozes in the buggy!)\"d<\/a><\/p>\n

11:00 nursing Pipsqueak, following up on e-mails<\/p>\n

11:15 making lunch<\/p>\n

11:30 eating lunch<\/p>\n

11:45 putting dishes away<\/p>\n

12:00 watching boys play together while I look over my new blog theme options<\/p>\n

12:15 folding diapers<\/p>\n

12:30\u00a0showering<\/p>\n

12:45\u00a0putting Doodle down for nap<\/p>\n

1:00 nursing Pipsqueak, trying to get him to nap<\/p>\n

1:15 changing Pipsqueak’s dirty diaper (nap didn’t happen…)<\/p>\n

1:30 updating the blog, watching Orange is the New Black<\/em> while Pipsqueak pulls the plastic containers out of the cupboard<\/p>\n

1:45 updating the blog, watching Orange is the New Black<\/em>\u00a0while Pipsqueak helps himself to some pea crisps<\/p>\n

2:00 nursing Doodle and watching\u00a0Orange is the New Black<\/em><\/p>\n

2:15 updating the blog, watching\u00a0Orange is the New Black\u00a0<\/em>while Pipsqueak tries to pull all the photo albums out of the cupboard<\/p>\n

2:30\u00a0updating the blog, watching\u00a0Orange is the New Black\u00a0<\/em>while Pipsqueak plays nicely<\/p>\n

2:45 getting an angry Doodle up (nap terrors are a daily thing now)<\/p>\n

3:00 getting Pipsqueak dressed<\/p>\n

3:15 filling up water bottles<\/p>\n

3:30 driving to girls’ camp<\/p>\n

3:45 waiting for girls to get out of camp<\/p>\n

4:00 walking back to car with all 4 kids<\/p>\n

4:15 driving to Starbucks\/gymnastics<\/p>\n

4:30 dragging 4 kids around a huuuuuuge plaza<\/p>\n

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This is the last time I let my 6 year-old pick our afternoon snack place (and then walk 4 kids to the other side of a huuuuge plaza!) #snackfail<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo posted by Melissa Roy (@beyondmommying) on