Kid's Up. Now What?

Are you curious about our daily routine. Well let me tell you.
Every day is different but I do try and stick to a routine.

• Wake up! I am not an early bird Mum. My son wakes me up in the morning because I am a princess and obviously need a kiss to wake up from my favorite prince. If Bee comes in early I just steal cuddles from him and let him read. Often I have both kids snuggling me til I'm ready to face the day.
• Breakfast. Bee gets the cereal out and sets our table. (He is 2 . 5) During breakfast Bee reads "The Friend" (religious children's magazine) while I study my scriptures and look over our plans for the day.
• Unofficial reading time. I let Bee and Sweets play with no direction. It just so happens that Bee wants me to read to him frequently. Sweets doesn't like to be left out so she joins us. I am working on establishing an introduction to the day routine. The plan is to read our books of the week, sing songs, rhymes and talk about what we are doing that day.
• Sweets nap time. (1.5 hours) While I am putting Sweets down Bee gets his morning snack.
• Tot Box Time!! The Tot Box takes anywhere between 10 min - all day. This is just when I introduce the box and show Bee what he is supposed to do.
• Sweets wakes up and then the two kids play while I make lunch and get some chores done. Bee usually helps with laundry, sweeping or rinsing dishes.
• Lunch.
• Tucker out time. Aka run those kids around so they are tired and need an afternoon nap. We usually spend this time outside, a play date or having a living room dance party.
• Sweets always has an afternoon nap. (2 hours) Bee has a quiet time. I have him stay in his bed and let him read books to himself. If I am tired then I take a nap too. I just have Bee read me stories in my bed. If I'm not tired and Bee doesn't want to nap after 20 minutes then we play with our Tot Box again or watch a show. I need a break time too.
• When Daddy gets home it is snack time for everyone.
• Playtime with Daddy! Jason usually either takes the kids outside again or they wrestle and tickle each other in the living room.
• Dinner.
• Some days we have a bath but if we aren't dirty I don't worry about it. They get dirty often enough to bathe.
• Change into our PJ's
• Read our scriptures and say our prayers.
• We end our night with singing and rocking in the rocking chair. Yes, some nights I rock both kids at the same time

 

That's our typical day!!

Our routine is not based on a clock however if you, as a reader, would like a rough estimate of our timeline I would happily add that for you.