A Day In My Life

Here is are photos chronicling a day in the life of a stay at home mom. Ready?
A couple of caveats. This was not such a typical day because it is summertime. We didn't do any schoolwork. Also, we had friends over so we stayed home nearly the whole day. That is not the usual for us.
Oh - and it's also usually more messy here. I couldn't help but try to push the clutter out of the scope of my camera's viewfinder when I would snap pictures. And of course knowing I was going to document today made me more conscious of trying to keep things tidier.

When I climbed out of bed (because Aaron was ready to "go out"), I walked down the hall to the older boys' rrom and saw that they were already up and out of bed.


Well, it was already 8:00am.


I always start thinking about dinner already at the crack of dawn (or before that), so I went to search for crockpot recipe for dinner.


Don't think I've told you all yet, but recently we have been waging WAR against cockroaches in our home. Blech! It means I vacuum religiously. So here I am vacuuming first thing in the morning (photo courtesy of Nathan).


Matthew is getting cloth napkins out to set the breakfast table.


I make scrambled eggs for breakfast. . .


And put together some the crockpot recipe into the crockpot and turn it on.


Eeeks - quarter of 9 already! And the kids haven't eaten yet.


Nathan is ready!


And we do our family morning devotion from Keys For Kids (a free


Today's date.


Our Bible verse memory for today.


After breakfast, Matthew tries to put the vacuum back together for me. I had some trouble with it when I vacuumed earlier. Since this time, that vacuum has been returned to Costco and we have gotten a replacement for it - we couldn't fix it :-(. But thank goodness for Costco's unconditional return policy. We had had the original vacuum for almost 2 years with no receipt.


We are expecting our friends, the Kus, to come over at 9:30. I am watching the kids while their mama has an appointment. We decide to dump out all of our legos on a sheet so that they can build to their hearts' content.


They should be here soon.


But when they get here, they decide not to do legos, but to play a game of Pokemon cards. . .


And badminton. . .



Aaarrgh - breakfast dishes still waiting to be washed.



But instead I decide to make rice krispy treats :-).


Yummm. Aaron didn't really eat it, just poked at it.


I have to call the boys' educational specialist from the charter school they are doing independent study (homeschooling) with.


When I am done with my phone call, I go check to see where the little ones are. Justin and Aaron are in my room playing with Legos there.


Since everyone is happy, I start folding some of these mountains of laundry!


But soon it is time to think about lunch. Quesadillas all around!


What time is it anyway?


Card game still going on!


I got the laundry folded!


More dirty dishes :-(.


Some DS time for the boys.
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Aaron is having fun with the math tiles.





The Ku boys went home, and then look what was on my doorstep! A box of Sonlight books!



The boys are already digging into the new books :-).


Wow - Dave came home early today! But still has to finish a couple of things at home. . .


But then Dave and Aaron take a group nap together :-). Too sweet.


Man, those legos are looking awfully messy now. I am dreading cleaning them up already.


Some tv time while I go for a jog (couch to 5K) and get the rest of dinner ready.!


Roasted asparagus.
Our crockpot teriyaki chicken.



And Dave sneaks a bit of rice krispy treat


Aarg. More dishes!


Then there is a bit of an interlude here that I didn't record. We went to the library for story time.

When we get back, it's time for a before bed snack, but it's getting late. Gotta hurry!




The books we got from the library.


More cuteness.


A last minute sweep. Again, we are raging war against cockroaches, which means we must sweep and vacuum religiously..


Teeth brushing.


And the older two are finally. .


OUT.


Here's the time...and would you believe that Aar Bear is still awake! He didn't fall asleep until 11:00

Huge Milestone!

Picture is unrelated to this post. Just wanted you to get your daily dose of adorable :-).

As of yesterday, Friday, July 23, 2010 - all of our BAAS documents are in! Woohoo! I have already e-mailed our social worker to make our appointment for our last homestudy visit. She hasn't gotten back to me yet, but I trust that she will.

Today we also notarized the second to last piece of our dossier! All we need now is a copy of our homestudy report (which cannot be written until she has visited our home), and also our approval for visa (which we can't apply for until after the homestudy if completed). Yippee! Very exciting! We are getting closer. . .

Some bad news unrelated to adoption. . . my iPhone died :-(.
Sad, very sad.
On Thursday, it was a crazy morning as I was rushing to get the kids in the car to go meet the notary of Dave's medical office, and then head off to the beach afterwards (I had to pack swim stuff, lunches for everyone, and all the papers to be notarized, as well as feed them breakfast ahead of time), and also prepare for our housekeeper who was coming that day. I made it to the office in time, but in my rush on the way to the beach where we were meeting friends, I slipped my iPhone in our library bag which was packed FULL of library books to return. And then I promptly in my rush forgot what I did with it! It wasn't until later when I got home, hot, tired, and covered with sand that I couldn't remember where my beloved iPhone was. I searched and searched, and thought that maybe I lost it in the medical center parking lot. Finally, I desperately searched every nook and cranny of the car, and then looked through every bag and box there as well. That's when I found it at the bottom of the library bag - screen totally illuminated - white with streaks of pink and yellow going horizontally and vertically :-(. I think that it got crushed :-(. I tried resetting it and now it won't even turn on :-(.

Natural Bridges

The boys and I went with the Kus to Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz. It gets its name from these large stones that have been eroded to look like bridges. It is so nice to live in a place that is so close to so much natural beauty. We had another fun day at the beach, and this beach has lots of tidepools! The boys were delighted to climb and scramble up rocky shores, poke their fingers and dip their toes in the tidepools - all the while punctuating each moment with squeals of delight as they found sea crabs, shrimp, sea anemone and krill. Oh - and we ended the outing with a trip to Marianne's - an ice cream parlor with about 100 flavors! I got red raspberry cheesecake, Matthew got 50/50 (creamy vanilla with orange sherbet), Nene got root beer swirl, and Aaron got rainbow sherbet.

Randomness

I love this video and so do my kids. Check it out!