I am interested in a variety of things: Gardening, Cooking, Crocheting, Sewing, Home Decor, Organizing, and anything else that helps me feel productive. I admit, I fell into the idea that I had to have it all and be doing it all to be a good mom and wife and I just felt so overwhelmed that I ended up getting depressed, telling myself I suck as a person and letting everything just get away from me. Now, with my twin boys, it was a bit hard to just be sad and not do anything. I do regret saying that it took me nearly 3 years of being married and short of 2 years being a mother that it finally kicked in (and I was okay with it) that I don't have to do it all. The things I would see other moms doing were by mothers who didn't have little ones at home anymore. I realized that it is more important for me to spend time with my children. Luckily, they still take naps and have a pretty good sleeping schedule so I have a few hours a day to myself and this is when I do what I want to do. To let you into a "typical day of Lei" here is MY schedule.
7:00 am - Wake up
7:30-8:00 am - D & K wake up
8:00-8:30 am - Have the boys play while I get breakfast ready (usually consists of Cheerios or Life cereal with yogurt and some sort of fruit on the side and a cup of water)
8:30-9:00 am - Clean up from breakfast, rinse dishes, 1 hr of TV for the boys (usually Word World or Super Why)
9:00-10:00 - am - I take a shower and do any laundry that needs to be done (which is really me putting clothes in the wash and taking any clothes that were in the dryer and throwing them on my bed until they end up being put away).
10:00 am-12:00 pm - Time to do any errands. If I don't need to go grocery shopping or anything else then we will either play out in the cul de sac or at the playground (if weather permits). If the weather is not nice, then we end up playing inside while listening to something on pandora.
12:00 pm - I make lunch (varies on the day. Sometimes it is left overs, other time it may be a sandwich. It just depends how hungry and cranky the boys are at this time)
12:15 pm - We all sit down for lunch
12:30 pm - Clean up our lunch mess and have about 15-20 minutes of down time with no background noise
12:45 pm/1:00 pm - Put the boys down for their nap
1:00 pm - 3:30/4:00 pm - ME TIME (depending on how I feel I will start prepping for dinner, put laundry away and/or do some sort of project)
4:00 pm-5:30 pm - Play outside with our neighbors (if weather permits, if not, we just play inside)
5:30 pm - I start dinner while the boys are distracted with TV (I know some parents may not agree with this, but the TV is the best distraction I have for the boys, otherwise they are in and out of the kitchen which always has me worried that I will trip over them or spill something on them. We tried baby gates, but they just climbed right over them).
6:30 pm/7:00 pm - Eat Dinner
7:30 pm - Clean up Dinner messes and put the boys in the bath
8:30 pm - Get boys out of bath (Yes, my boys love their bath time. Derek would stay in there all night if he had the choice).
8:45 pm-9:30 pm - This is just where we have our down time, usually as a family. It may consist of a variety of things like singing nursery rhymes, reading books, or (what this of the year calls for) watch NBA games with Alan. At 9:00 pm they get any last snack they want and then the kitchen is closed.
9:30 pm - Alan and take them to their room, say prayers, give hugs and kisses and walk out.
9:40 pm - Start the dish washer, clean up the kitchen and dining room, mop the floors, vacuum, make Alan's lunch (if the next day is a working day for him).
10:00 pm - ME TIME (similar to my me time from 1-4pm what I do at this time all depends on how I feel)
10:30 pm/11:00 pm - Go to bed
And there you have it folks. That is my "typical day". I don't always follow this schedule, but I do my best and I feel like that is why I am able to get my little projects done. Another key point I failed to mention at the beginning is that do my best to not start another project until I am done with the first (unless it is something simple and easy like hemming).
I hope you enjoy.
I hope you enjoy.
