Day in the Life

Julia over at My Life in Transition does this quarterly collection of day in the life posts. I've enjoyed reading them, and now I get to participate.

This will be a long one, so feel free to skip it if you want (there are pictures though). It's just a snapshot of one of our days.

It's Wednesday, 5 October 2016. It's been 6.5 weeks since we moved to England, and one week since we've moved into our apartment.

5:55am My alarm goes off, and I actually whisper, "Nooo." Clara woke up twice in the night, and I don't think I've been asleep long since the second time. But I get up and take a shower.

6:15 Miles wakes up on his own. I wake Lily up, and Matt gets them dressed while I get dressed.

6:30 Clara wakes up. We all go downstairs for breakfast. The kids have yogurt. I have meuseli and get a cup of coffee.

7:15 Matt leaves for work. I realize that I forgot to put Clara's clothes on. Do that and my hair and makeup. The kids play in their room. I'm not really feeling my trousers today, so I change clothes. Realize I forgot to set my "leave for school" alarm.

8:05 Check phone, and of course we're running late. Yell about getting shoes on and we run out the door. I leave a full cup of coffee on the table. We walk to school.

8:27 Get to the playground. Miles gets in line, and I drop Lily off at nursery. I chat with other mums and walk home.

9ish: Clara and I get home, and I drink my cold coffee. I gather the clothes that are drying all over kitchen and take them upstairs. I throw another load of laundry in and straighten up the kitchen.

9:37 Clara wants to nurse. I remember I wanted to do this post today, so I have no pictures of the morning up until this point.

Here's the messy living room

9:42 Clara hits herself in face with toy phone and cries. I nurse her to sleep and play on my phone. Miles has to bring his favorite poem in to school tomorrow, so I look up short silly ones to read to him later. Do 5 year olds really have a favorite poem?

10:00 I try to put Clara down. She wakes up

10:05 I start picking up the living room while drinking my cold coffee. I find a sippy cup of chunky milk (gross), and drawings that the big kids made last night (cute).

10:12 I start unpacking living room boxes.

11:25 I have unpacked about 6 boxes, and I'm feeling productive. I unload the washing machine. Yes, it's the same load of laundry I put in a couple of hours ago. These machines take forever.

11:30 I throw Clara in the Ergo, and we leave to get Lily from school.

11:55 We arrive at the school. Clara is sleeping. Lily comes out of her classroom, and is happy and chatty until I take her picture.

12 We slowly make our way home. We play I spy, watch construction people working, and collect conkers until Lily gets mad about something.

12:40 We arrive home. Clara wakes up and Lily puts on a princess dress.

12:46 I make lunch and tea. PB&J with yo yos for princess Anna, Cornish pasty and cheddar cheese for me (Clara shares with both of us).

1:15 Lily falls asleep on couch. I finish feeding Clara, then look at Facebook.

1:40 I've lost my motivation, but have to do something. I straighten the living room again and start on another box. I make more tea and hope to drink it at least warm.

2:00 I've unpacked one box. Clara says "mama" and crawls into my lap, and we play with Lego. She keeps getting down, then back in my lap and hugging me. I love it.

2:15-2:40 Try to wake Lily up and bribe her with candy to get dressed.

2:55 Load the kids into the stroller and leave to pick up Miles.

3:17 We get to school, and I talk to other mums.

3:30 Miles is dismissed, and we start walking home. Miles plays Pokemon Go.

4:03 The kids ask to stop at park on the way home. The weather is nice, so we stop.

4:30 We get home, and I get the kids some pretzels. I eat a carrot and wash a dish with Dial since we don't have dish soap.

4:50 I nurse Clara in the big kids' room while they play with toys I unpacked earlier. I start on this post.

5:08 Clara has poop. I change her diaper and have to put her in a pull up because she's out of diapers. Then I help Miles get into his Stinger costume.

5:15 I start cooking dinner. We're having tortellini and garlic bread.

5:40 Matt gets home from work.  I try out a new lip color, then we throw a sheet on the floor and have a picnic dinner.

6:00 Matt and I read poems to Miles so he can pick for school. Matt is reading Poe and Frost, and I'm trying short and silly ones. Miles doesn't like any until I say that he can't play until he picks one. He picks Snowball by Shel Silverstein.

6:15 The kids play while we clean up the dinner mess. I get my grocery list, because we still don't have basics like olive oil and spices.

6:45 We get in the car and leave for Aldi. Shopping with three kids at 7pm is not fun.

7:48 Pay for our groceries and leave Aldi. The kids are done. I forget to take pictures for the rest of the night.

8:10 We get home and get the kids and groceries inside. Put groceries away and give the kids cheese sticks. Miles and Lily start playing and end up crying most of the time. We tell them to go upstairs and put jammies on.  I realize that Miles didn't do his schoolwork, and put it on the table for him to do during breakfast. (It ends up not mattering because he wakes up with pinkeye.)

8:40 The kids are all crying again. We make them put jammies on and brush teeth.

9:00 I nurse Clara while Matt puts the big kids to bed. I don't know why we can't get them to bed at a decent time since we've moved.

9:15 Finally the kids are all in bed. I message my sister, play on my phone, and work on this post. Matt and I talk and show each other funny things online.

10:25 We're done and go to sleep.