A Day in My Life: Friday

Baby made it the whole night in his own bed!!!  Big victory in the Klinker household last night.  He woke up a couple times, maybe only 2???  When it is that late, it is hard to keep track.  We were supposed to have a homeschool group get together today, but it was cancelled due to sicknesses, so I decided to try to get everyone up and ready for 8:15 mass.  First time since Maximus was born.  My alram went off at 7:00 am and I got up to get myself ready.  The girls slowly woke up on their own and at 7:30 I had them get dressed and I fixed their hair.  Baby woke up around 7:45.  I dressed him, fed him and we were out the door by 8:05.  Since Paul was working from home, he decided to join us.

We got to mass a couple minutes early...that is a win in my book!!!  The kids were pretty well behaved.  I guess the promise of a McDonalds breakfast to all those who were good was a good motivator!  After mass we dropped Paul off at home to get started on work then ran to McDonalds for an unhealthy yet delicious breakfast.  McDonalds breakfast has gotten expensive!  $20 for 5 of us!  But the girls were thrilled because we NEVER go out to breakfast.

Ella was crying because I cut up her pancake and she didn't want it cut up.  Oh the horror!

We got home around 9:20. I threw a load of laundry in then we met in the school room around 9:30 to start on our daily work.  We talked about leaves today.  The girls went outside to collect leaves then we read a book about the changes leaves undergo as the seasons change from summer to fall to winter.  We talked about the differences in color, sizes, and shapes.  We took a break for lunch, then even though it was cold, the girls went on a scavenger hunt to collect different autumn treasures.  We compared, counted, and graphed our findings, practiced our capitalization and punctuation and writing then headed downstairs for snack.

During snack, I started reading An Outlaw Thanksgiving.  We only got about half way through when we had to leave to take Rose to a friend's house for a little party.

Back at home, the neighbor girl, Nora, came over to play with the others and I unloaded the dishwasher with a certain little someone on my hip.  Around 4:00, Paul came home from the gym, I put the baby in the Bumbo seat and started making dinner for Paul's cousin Michelle.  After I got the chicken boiling, the girls asked us to watch the show they made up.  It was a little dance show.  I love to see what their creative minds come up with.

Ella's face!

I was still working on Michelle's dinner around 5, so we sent the neighbor home and Paul ran to pick up Rose.  When he got back, we all hopped in the van and headed to Michelle's.  Her baby is darling!  She feels like a feather compared to my 20 pound boy!  The girls played for a bit while we visited.

We left headed out of there around 6:20 and decided to go to one of our family favorites El Nopal for dinner since I had spent all my time making dinner for them and not for us.  Not exactly the best planning on my part, huh?!  I fed and changed the baby in van (you gotta do what you gotta do) while the others went inside to get a table.

We got home around 7:30.  I sent the girls upstairs to start the bedtime process while I cleaned up the kitchen (Paul was on baby duty).  When I finished, I went upstairs to check on the girls process, which was a little less than desirable.  I hurried them along, we said bedtime prayers, and I finished our book from earlier.  They had about a half hour to read until lights out, so I put a load of laundry in the dryer (from earlier that morning) and started a fresh load.  I went downstairs, fed baby and got him to sleep while Paul and I started a movie.

 

At 9:00 I went upstairs to put baby in bed, turn lights off, and sing the girls bedtime songs.  Then grabbed a beer (my seasonal favorite) and headed to the basement to finish our movie.  TGIF!