Life at home (and new pics of Dalon)

Well since blogging is like journaling, I thought I would record what my day to day life is like. I just started watching Josh and Meagan's twin nieces so life here is pretty busy and with 3 two year olds and a newborn I am learning the importance of a schedule and a routine. Here is a peek of that schedule/routine:

6am- Mark's alarm goes off, I feed Dalon
6:30am- 15 mins. of snuggle/talk time with Mark
6:45- I get up and fix Mark's breakfast and lunch
7am- back to bed until Coytt wakes up unless he is already awake
8am- breakfast with Coytt, Kaelsy, Sienna, Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster
8:30- feed Dalon, clean up ginormous mess from the two year olds (I find food in places you wouldn't believe.)
8:45- Vow to make the kids eat neater or make them clean their own mess
8:46- realize it is harder to make them clean their mess than to just do it myself
9:00am- outside time for the kids, scripture reading for me, nap for Dalon
9:30- "Go Diego Go" (I have every episode memorized, but the kids love it)
10am- upstairs playtime for the kids, workout time for me (ok so I dance around while I sweep the floor and do situps while the kids jump on me,or run up and down the stairs 20 times to keep their busy bodies out of trouble) but I like to call it a workout)
11am-feed Dalon
11:30-Dance time with the kids )Kaelsy and Coytt love this time Sienna usually seeing that we are distracted finds a cupboard to empty, but eventually I get her to join us.
12:00pm- LUNCH! I try to keep it healthy and a daily variety for the kids (which roughly translates to tuna or hotdogs in the mac and cheese or swappping out different jellies or jams on the PBJ), although they did enjoy the flax seed in the pancakes this morning, and it's a smoothie or sandwich for me
12:30- baths if necessary...like I said I find food in unbelievable places if no baths Yo Gabba Gabba and sit down time
1:00pm- nap time
2:00pm every one finally stays in their bed and I get alone time (I usually either clean, shower, blog, eat ice cream, or nap myself durint this time)
3-4pm- Kids wake up and get a snack, I feed Dalon
4-5pm- If I am alive I clean what I can and outside they go
5:00pm Clean up Kaelsy and Sienna, cool down time with Looney Toons, I start Dinner
5:30- Kaelsy and Sienna go home, I finish Dinner

That is it for the routine, the rest of they day depends on Mark and whatever chores I have left or if I have errands to run. In a couple of weeks I will be taking on 4 afterschool kids from 3pm-6:30 or so. That should make things interesting, but hey it keeps me busy and in shape. I don't know where all my energy is coming from, but so far I am keeping up with these little ones. Coytt loves having playmates, and the girls seem to be enjoying my house. Today I had to give the girls a bath after their lunch and I did their hair in little ponytials. They looked so cute. I looked at them and said "so pretty" and they touched their pony tails. Thay did it everytime I said it so I took a video of it because I though it was so funny. Coytt has really seemed to take a liking to Kaelsy. They dance together, and I caught him holding her hand and giving her kisses yesterday, and today when he woke up from his nap he went and laid down by the door where she sleeps and looked at me and said "where did she go" he was just laying there waiting for her to wake up.

We will see how long I can keep up with all of them, but for now I hope it keeps me in shape and energized.

Check out this video: so pretty



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