Thursday, March 3, 2011

All in a Day: A Typical Large Family Day



There really isn't anything typical about days around here. In a nutshell, here is how our days usually go. Gabe is up at 6:30-6:45. I change him and get the news on. Within 30 mins, Bella is awake. By 8 am, all the little kids are up and looking to eat. I feed Gabe first and then take orders for what the girls would like to have for breakfast. After they eat, I straighten up a bit and at 9:00 I wake Dylan up. He eats and at 10 am we begin school work. Dylan's is mostly online, and he has a planner which tells him what is to be done each day. On Fridays I created a 25 question test for him to take on the lessons he learned during the week.
I typically get Gabe down for a nap around this time. I them sit down with the girls and do their school work with them - letter/number recognition, handwriting, and all their other studies online. around 12:00-12:30 we break for lunch. After lunch we continue with school work or if the little ones are done, we do a craft. Around 3:00, Dylan should be done his schoolwork and does the household chores he needs to do. The girls pick up their toys and if the weather is nice all the kids (minus Gabe) spend sometime outside. After all the cleaning is done, I get dinner started around 5-5:30.
The rest of the night is pretty relaxing. Gabe and the girls go to bed at 8:00 and we start all over the next morning. Again, this is a guide for our daily routine. If someone is sick, we have appointments, are expecting guests, need to run errands or go shopping, etc.. it impacts the way our day goes. But this is us in a nutshell!

How do you run your schedule each day??

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