A Day in Our Life

Here’s a little glimpse into a typical day at home…

Our day kicks off between 6:30 and 7am. The kids are allowed to come get us at 7. Even Ben knows how to read the clock now and look for the 7. :-)

You may or may not find the kids in swimsuits…

…even if it’s barely 8 and only 45 degrees outside.

The living room will be sprinkled with pillows that double as lily pads or rocks or some other object. (this is actually pretty tidy for the living room once the kids are up)

This is a bit more like it. Stools, blankets, pillows and toys - all part of some elaborate story they’ve worked up.

The other day, Rosemary treated me to a puppet show. Ben wasn’t too into it

There are lots of baby kisses throughout the day. From big sister…

…and from big brother.

There are lots of sweet baby looks.

And this little one can sleep through anything.

Such a sweetheart.

There’s lots of baby holding.

I even get to hold her a bit. :-)

Rosemary will sometime draw pictures, or in this case, she’ll draw out her interpretation for the formula for the area of a circle. (We’re not teaching her this and she drew it completely out of the blue, she heard it from kids who had memorized it at a class we visited a couple weeks ago…it cracked me up).

When it’s warm enough, we eat outside.

We thank God for the food.

Rosemary and Ben climb trees

Charlotte enjoys the time outside too with a nap and soaks up some vitamin D

Ben gets some of his wiggles out. I think we’re finally hitting the ‘terrible twos’ with Ben. He’s getting to be so rambunctious.

And this ‘little’ one can just about climb the tree completely on her own now.

After lunch, we wind things down and all three of the kids take naps or have quiet time in their beds. By the time they get up, it’s almost time for Jonathan to get home. The days really do fly.

This is the first time since we’ve had kids where I’ve had more days at home than at work during the week so it’s been a bit of an adjustment. I’m trying to make sure I don’t tip the balance scale too far to the housekeeping side and let the mom side slip. The days are certainly full and almost always fun with these 3.