I notice that a morphing of this blog has occurred. It began as a way to keep the family abreast of all the changes in our world when our 3 Littles joined the family; since, it has stretched to become part photo album, part memoir, and part mommy-stays-sane by thinking aloud.
Right now as a first time "school mom" I am trying to figure our how to order our lives so everyone (including me!) gets what they need but we aren't over-reaching. Public schooling two and homeschooling two is befuddling. Add to that Peppers two classes twice a week at the community college, The Captains three therapy appointments and Sunshine and The Captain's sports, and my mind is spinning. Some day (sooner than I think) I will long for these days!
I call it scheduling, but in actuality it's more a process of decoding the rhythms of our home and considering how to place things in a predictable order. All 5 of our kids thrive on order. Here is how I *think* our schedule will look most days:
5:00 - Mom rise and have quiet time
5:30 - Finish lunches, make breakfast
(I make everyone's lunch, including for those of us at home and then its' done for the day!)
6:30 -Wake The Captain and Tink, Breakfast, Dress
7:10 - Walk to school with Littles
9:00 - Bigs start school, The Bitz home-pre-school
10:20 - Walk to school to pick up Tink
Play at park on the way home
11:30 - Lunch for Littles
Game time with Mom
1:00 - Rest for Littles, Lunch for Mom and Bigs
Mom's break time
2:15 - Walk to school to pick up The Captain
3:00 - Snack
Puzzles, chores, indoor play or Swimming (at least 1x/week)
4:00 - Homework time (school kids) room time for tots
5:00 - Dinner prep and tidy toys
6:00 - Dinner, then outdoor play
7:00 - Jammies, stories songs
7:30 - Bedtime for Littles
Relaxin' time with the Bigs and Dear Hubby
8:30 - Prep tomorrow's lunches, organize back packs, etc.
Exercise!
10:00 - Hit the hay!
Monday - The Captain therapies; pick up at school at 12:30
Monday and Wednesday -- Pepper college courses 3:00 - 5:20,
Pepper sits in evening for neighbor
Wednesday a.m - Sunshine at Mother's helper job
Thursday - The Captain, therapy; pick up at school at 2:00
It looks do-able on paper. Meal prep work in advance will be key; I'm very committed to feeding my family whole, real, home-cooked food and that requires a time investment. On the weekends I'll be looking ahead several days and prepping vegetables, preparing sauces and dressings and cooking some main dishes. I also double, triple or quadruple batches for things like meatballs and spaghetti sauce in order to save time later. Pepper pitches in to cook supper a couple of times a week which frees me up to work on taming the "stuff monster" which requires constant vigilance.
I'm interested in your school time schedules. What does your fall rhythm look like?
Ah, the good old days of summer
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