SAHM Daily Routine

   As you can imagine having with three small children and a husband who works crazy shifts, it can be difficult to keep an orderly house and at times even get in a shower. This is where a daily routine schedule comes in handy, it helps me to manage my time so that I can keep all the household tasks under control.

  Of course some days we don't stay on schedule, but it helps remind me of the key things I should accomplish so that my life doesn't become a free for all.  I hope this schedule will help you create a routine that works to keep your family and home running smoothly.




Our Daily Routine:




7:00AM: UP. Make Bed. Coffee & Bible Study. Check Weather.
7:30AM: Work Out!
8:30AM: Shower and Dress for the Day
9:00AM: Kids Up
9:15AM: Breakfast & Unload Dishwasher/Start Laundry
9:35AM: Clean Up From Breakfast. Kids Dressed and Brush Teeth
9:40AM: Plan Dinner Menu/Take Food out of Freezer.
10:00AM-12:00PM: Kids Play with Daddy
12:00AM: Eat Lunch
10:00AM-12:00PM: Daily Cleaning (Sweep/Vacuum/Wipe Counters) & Weekly Chore
11:00AM: Change Laundry/Put Away Clean Laundry.
12:30PM: Clean up From Lunch & Kids go down for Nap.
12:15PM: P90X/Work Out (If it didn't happen in the AM)
1:15PM: Relax
2:30PM: Kids Up. Play Time.
3:30PM: Snack Time.
4:00PM: Put Away Last Load of Laundry.
4:30PM: Take Out Trash.
5:00PM: Start Dinner.
5:30PM: Eat Dinner.
6:00PM: Clean up from Dinner.
6:30PM: Bath’s/Pj’s & Brush Teeth.
7:00PM: Cuddle Time w/ Bubby & Baby
7:30PM: Bubby & Baby go to Bed/Princess Picks up Toys
7:40PM: Cuddle Time w/ Princess
8:00PM: Read Book/Prayers & Princess to Bed.
8:15PM: Load & Run Dishwasher
8:30PM: Final pick up of House. Feed Bella (Dog)
8:45PM: Free Time!!
10:00PM: Bed Time!




Weekly Chores:


Monday
Wash Bedding


Tuesday
Clean Bathrooms


Wednesday
Clean Fridge/Clean Car


Thursday
Grocery Shop


Friday
Bills/Organization Projects


Saturday
Dust


Sunday
Mop


                
                                                                          

Escape Proof Pj's

So my daughter is 2 and has developed a little habit of taking off her Pj's and diaper every time she is put in her room for bed. I found this to be disgusting a really frustrating. I was very pleased to find a solution, which I will now share with you. To make escape proof Pj's take some old footy Pj's and cut the feet off, then put the Pj's on backwards with the zipper in the back and presto, no more messes at bed time!! :) I am so grateful to have learned this trick with my first child and hope this helps someone else.

3 Kids Under 3 years Old!!

So I now have a 2 1/2 year old, a 13 month old and a 4 week old. I know the next couple years are going to be a challenge especially for me; raising 3 children so young and close together in age. But as with everything else in life I want to do my very best. I want to be the best mother, wife and homemaker that I can be, and this blog is going to be mostly about my struggles and successes along the way. 

   

  I have always been told that adding the 3rd child to the mix is the hardest, and I have found this to be very true. It used to be that if one was crying while I took care of the other, I could just pick them up and continue with my current task. Now it seems one is trying to climb on me, one is crying and I am trying to feed the other, I have never wished for a third arm so much in my life. As I am adjusting to the addition of Baby, I also have Bubby (13 months) who is a little fussy from getting some molars in and Princess (2 1/2 years) who is just learning how to sleep in her big girl bed and has learned how to escape her Pj's and diaper whenever she goes to bed. 

I am thanking the Lord everyday as I know each of my children is a wonderful blessing and they are all teaching me to be better with every passing day, but there are moments when I feel that it is all too much and I am not sure I will be able to succeed at completing all the things I want to. I then try to remind myself that it is ok if the house isn't spotless every moment of the day, what matters most is that my children feel loved and protected. So I must constantly remind myself to stay patient and loving, because that is what they will remember for the rest of their lives. They will not care if I always kept the sink clean or vacuumed every single day, though I will still try to do those things also. :) Life is a crazy fun journey and heres hoping it's more fun than crazy most days!

Welcome Home Baby Shea

    Baby Shea was born on Aug 19th, 2010. He weighed 7lbs 15oz. He is welcomed into our crazy family by his 2 siblings: Princess Shea (2 1/2 years old) and Bubby Shea (13 months old). After thinking I would go into labor many weeks earlier, my Dr. decided on Aug 18th at my check up appointment to send me in to be induced. I was admitted and given a smell drip of pitocin, which I would have never considered with my first pregnancy, but by this third pregnancy I was VERY ready to be done with the entire selection of pregnancy related symptoms! The pitocin by itself was not really moving things along, so after about 6 hours my Dr. broke my water. Things from that point on really started to move! About 2 hours later my husband let me know 'he' was hungry and would like to run through a drive thru up the street. I had the nurse check me before he left and they informed us I was dilated to a 7, so I told him to go quickly. Well things progressed super fast from that point and before hubby even got through the drive thru (about 7 minutes up the street), I was calling him telling him to get his booty back to the hospital. By the time hubby was back in the parking lot the nurse was running around getting things ready for babies grand entrance, and I was feeling very ready to begin pushing. Once everything was set in the room, the nurse checked for my Dr.'s location and was informed she was just finishing up a delivery in the next room, so she advised me to start pushing. After I pushed once she said; 'WAIT, ok ok. Let me call the Dr. Where is the button, has anyone seen the button'. The Dr. arrived in our room and after about 5 pushes Baby Shea was born at 12:10AM, just 10 minutes into his due date.