So, here’s our schedule, more or less, now that school’s back in session. Of course, it doesn’t always run exactly like this, but it’s the idea! 
7:00 AM- John gives Hope her medicine and changes her diaper
I nurse Hope and she falls back asleep for a huge morning nap.
* The boys have been sleeping in this week until 7:00 or 7:30- nice!! Elijah slept in until 9:00 this morning- wow! He has been waking up more in the night, so I think he then makes up for it in the morning!
8:00- We all have some breakfast and we have family worship!
Brush teeth, clean up table.
8:30- I do Caleb’s Science and Social Studies with all 3 boys- the books are so interesting that they really hold everyone’s attention!
9:10- John, Luke and Elijah run errands, pay bills, grocery store runs, etc.
Caleb and I do Language Arts, Handwriting, Math and Bible.
10:30- Caleb does any independent work from the day.
Luke and Elijah hang out
I get Hopey, play with her, change her clothes, check on laundry.
11:00- Nurse Hopey while boys play- sometimes they watch some tv.
11:30- Lukey and I do his pre-school: practice his Bible verses and do his Science, Social Studies, Handwriting, Language Arts, Math (it sounds like way more, but it’s pre-school so it’s nice and relaxed- his Science, for example, is reading a few pages from this fun Berenstein Bears Almanac book.)
I was trying to do a Circle Time/ Read Aloud right here, but it got swallowed up by Hope needing to eat her cereal, hmm, I need to work on that!
12:00- Feed Hopey her cereal, try to keep her in her high chair for as long as she will with various toys, her sippy cup (she’s still learning this one), a plastic bag tied in a knot .
I prepare lunch while boys play outside.
12:45- Eat lunch
1:00- I lay Hopey down for her nap.
1:15- Done with lunch, Elijah to nap and Caleb and Luke to Quiet Time with books on separate couches.
Check on laundry, wipe off table.
1:30- Caleb and Luke play with Lego’s at table while I do our Read Alouds (right now we’re in Charlotte’s Web- sweet )
A couple days this week, I have just stayed there and built Lego’s- seriously Lego’s is something I’ve been excited about since finding out Caleb was going to be a boy! I LOVE Lego’s!
Mondays/ Wednesdays- John takes Caleb to soccer from 3:40- 5:20.
Tuesdays/ Thursday- I carry Luke and Elijah to karate from 4:10- 5:30.
Hopey wakes up around 3:30 and I nurse her.
Free time in here with whoever’s at home, playing with Hopey, laundry, picking up, etc.
5:30- I should start preparing dinner (I was a little late a couple times this week).
6:30- Dinner, sometimes some tv
6:45- Hopey gets her second Tegretol and pajamas
7:00- 7:15- I nurse Hopey and lay her down for the night (Seriously, isn’t she AMAZING??)
John tells the boys a Fantastic 4 story (tonight they all went on vacation based on their real-life answers of a place they would like to visit- Caleb said “Disney World for 30 days”, Luke said “the forest” so we sent him to the Redwood Forest of California and Elijah said he wanted to go “IN the Lion King” so John sent him to Hollywood to the Lion King set to meet all the characters- John is really so amazing at this- I love it!)
7:30- boys to bath and bed by 8:00-ish
John and I hang out, talk, watch a movie, journal, read, pick up, laundry.
It’s a pretty great life, I’d say!
I still don’t have the schedule all worked out- I need to see if I can squeeze scrapbooking in some where and get a consistent quiet time with God, but at least it has the kids taken care of!
What does a typical day look like for you?
Hope you have a great Saturday tomorrow- Union Grove will be here- yeah!
Night, Night
Caleb writing his spelling words in shaving cream!
Sounds like, a typical day for a family of six with the younyest 6 months and the oldesr 6 years.
Boy! you all are busy. I am so glad you shared a day in your life. I love to hear what is going on and especially about school. Sounds great! I really like Caleb writing in shaving cream. He is really growing up.
Thanks for sharing your day. You are all very special. love you all
As always…I’m AMAZED!!!! I wish I were as disciplined as you to have such a great schedule. LOVE YOU & can’t wait to see you soon!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, you never do a Day in the Life! I loved it!
I don’t have a typical day – but a typical event in each day is falling asleep! I don’t usually take a real nap, but I fall asleep any time I am inactive, e.g., this morning while the Adams kidlets watched 30 minutes of TV, this afternoon while they watched an HBO Fairy TAle (very cool). I will point out that we drove to Fayetteville to CHuck E. Cheese’s, so it wasn’t a slacker day.
This was so fun to read! I love to hear about people’s everyday lives, especially other missionaries. You are an amazing mom and I love to see how you make it all work on the mission field.