Day in the Life - Summer 2017

It's time for another day in the life post, this time hosted by Liz at ellie and addie. If you don't like long posts, you can scroll through the pictures or just skip this one.

Friday, 21 April

6:55 Miles wakes up, and I convince him to climb in bed with me. I'm exhausted and feel like I'm getting a cold, so I skip the workout I was planning on doing. I don't feel guilty at all.

7:07 We get up and head downstairs. I make coffee, and we snuggle while Miles watches a show.

7:35 I hear Clara singing in bed and go upstairs to get her. Parts of our conversation:
"Daddy sleep well?"
"Why Daddy work?"
"Lily sleep well?"
We join Miles in the living room.

7:47 Lily comes down, and we have family snuggles.

8:09 I throw a bowl of nilla wafers in front of the kids (mom win) and shower. I don't hurry.
The weather is supposed to be cool and rainy. Darn, I wanted to take the kids to the park.

8:35 I have my make up on, and I'm dressed and back downstairs. Clara needs a new nappy. Once I've changed her, she says, "Please trousers," so I get her dressed. She wants to zip jacket herself, so that takes about 8 minutes.

8:50 Clara and I go back downstairs, and I get a proper breakfast ready. Waffles for the kids, cereal for me. Lily isn't hungry.

9:20 I take the kids upstairs to get dressed. Lily wants to wear matching leggings with me.

She is bold with pattern mixing

A few months ago, Miles came up with the idea of 100 day socks. He wanted to wear the same socks to sleep for 100 nights. Maybe a little stinky, but we made a countdown calendar and made sure he didn't skip any days. And upon waking today, he completed his 100 days! I ask him how he wants to celebrate, and he says he wants to have a Star Monster party and play pass the parcel. (Spoiler, the celebration doesn't happen today.)

They've been mended more than once

9:40 We all go back downstairs, and I start to make a grocery list. The kids color and play, and I break up several fights.

Throwing a fit because I won't make this into a slide for her

10:00 Someone asks to play Snapchat, so we do that for a few minutes. I only have an account because the kids love these funny faces.

10:15 I go back to my grocery list, which mostly involves browsing Pinterest.

11:00 Matt gets home from work. I decide to finish my list later.

Clara is coloring Lily's hair

11:15 I'm not feeling great, so I take some ibuprofen while Matt makes me an egg. The kids watch TV.
I eat my egg and toast, sit around and look at my phone a bit.

Noon: We decide to leave house.

12:30 We're finally all ready and head out the door. It's still gray out, but barely drizzling, so we bring our umbrellas and hope for the best. And it hardly rains the whole time we're out.

We go to a charity shop and the bank, and then just walk. We end up having a coffee at a grocery store, and grab a few things while we're there. We are so exciting.

Every time we leave the house, Clara says, "I walk bit."

The love walking on walls

3:30 We come home, and I'm beat. I relax on the couch. The next day I feel much better, so I think my body just needed rest. The kids watch TV again.

Someone skipped their nap today

4:15 Matt goes to the kitchen to make dinner (a big salad, and random freezer bits for the kids). And since I was talking earlier about the couch and comfort food, he valiantly goes to get me fish and chips.

5:00 Matt is home. We all eat dinner.

5:30 I make tea and put on my jammies. Matt and I talk in the kitchen.

6:10 I really started slacking on my Duolingo progress, but I'm trying to get back into it. I do my French for the day. We also just got Rosetta Stone on Prime day, but haven't started that one yet.

6:15 I'm back on the couch. Sometimes it's nice to have a lazy day.

6:45 We put jammies on the kids, and of course they ask for one last snack. Then it's upstairs to brush teeth & do the bedtime routine.

7:45 All three kids are in bed. Matt and I play on our phones in our room.

8:20 We go downstairs to watch a couple of episodes of the Blacklist. It's on a new streaming service we got so we can watch Game of Thrones.

I think I took this between 9-9:30

10:30ish I go upstairs to go to bed. Matt stays downstairs to watch more TV.

Day in the Life - Spring 2017 (Easter Edition)

It's time again for a quarterly glimpse into day to day life. Thanks to Julia for hosting the roundup. I know this type of post isn't for everyone, so feel free to skip it (or just look through the pictures).

We have lived in the UK for nearly 8 months.

Sunday, 16th April

Why did I choose Easter to record my entire day? Honestly, I was running out of time to get it finished, and we only had very loose plans for the day. Easy, right? Huh.


6:20 Miles wakes up, excited to see if the Easter Bunny has come. We convince him to climb in bed with us, and he actually lays semi-still and quiet, waiting for his sisters to wake up.

6:40 Clara and Lily both wake up, and the bigger kids cannot contain themselves. We brush teeth and do loo breaks.

7:08 We head down to the living room so the kids can hunt eggs. Miles and Lily are really good about letting Clara find the super easy eggs. The rest of the eggs were well hidden to be a bit of a challenge, but not too hard. Everyone looks in the Easter basket and gets excited over the candy. Miles reads a note left by the Bunny (I love hearing this kid read!). The kids each got a small toy, too. Lily eats one piece of candy and says that her belly hurts. Uh oh.

They each got their own Chapstick. We won't regret that, right?

I got chocolate too!

7:20 Matt goes into the kitchen to make pancakes. The kids have a tea party, and play very nicely for a while.

8:00 I put on a movie for the kids to watch while they wait for breakfast.

8:25 Pancakes! So, on Saturday night, Matt noticed that we barely had any pancake mix, so he ran to our little local store to get more. But here, pancakes are more like crepes instead of the fluffy, cakey goodness we are used to. So our cakes were a little thin and dense, but they still tasted good. We also had turkey bacon, and I'm convinced that the kids thought we were playing a trick on them with that.

9:20 Time to shower and get the kids dressed for the day (they had baths the night before). We don't have anything fancy planned, but I like having an excuse to dress the kids up a little. They don't seem to mind. Miles wants to sell our eggs so he can make money.

11:00 Wow, everything is taking much longer than usual today. But we don't mind, so far it's a relaxing day. We leave for the nearby park, which is having an egg hunt. It's really more of a scavenger hunt, where you fill in the clues and turn in the completed paper for a treat at the end. It starts out as great fun, but halfway through Lily starts feeling poorly. We rush through the last few clues and get her home. I'm sure the chilly and rainy weather didn't help.

Clara discovers puddles. She stomps in each one, saying, "Puddle! Step!"

Cherry blossoms

12:30 We get home, and put Lily on the couch in jammies. I resume the movie they had started earlier. Clara fell asleep on the way home, and magically stays asleep as we transfer her to our bed.

12:45 Lunch time for the kids. Lily has toast (which she barely nibbles on), and Miles has peanut butter and jam. Matt and I both have leftover salmon with lemon butter and steamed vegetables.

1:00 Clara wakes up, and she is really cranky.

1:30 Matt makes deviled eggs (a great recipe from the Joy of Cooking). I get Clara's lunch ready - cheese and turkey bacon. After Miles and Clara eat, they have a chocolate egg. Lily requests one, too, and I give it to her against my better judgement.

1:50 I have a bacon wrapped chunk of turkey to cook for dinner. It goes into the oven, and I sit with the kids for a bit while they relax.

2:30 Matt goes for a walk. I start another movie for the kids. They choose Hop, and even Clara is into it.

4:00 The kids are still watching TV. Miles plays every now and then. Matt gets back home; on his way he had stopped at a local ice cream shop we all love. They make the ice cream in house out of local ingredients, and it is so good!
I start making side dishes to go with our meal.

4:30 Time for dinner. Turkey, pigs in blankets, broccoli, Yorkshire puddings, and deviled eggs. Lily doesn't feel well, and leaves the table to fall asleep on the couch.

A baby needs a hat for a formal holiday dinner

5:15 Miles is still eating. Lily gets sick in the living room. Matt and I get her taken care of, and for the 3000th time we thank ourselves for getting wipeable furniture.

5:45 Miles finally finishes his food. He and I eat the ice cream Matt brought back earlier. Miles has vanilla, and Clara and I share rhubarb and forest fruit crumble.
After pudding, we watch a little more TV before bed. I swear we don't always have this much screen time.

7:20 Miles and Clara want a snack before bed. Matt takes Lily upstairs and puts her to bed.

7:42 Lily is fast asleep, so we take the other kids upstairs.

7:52 Everyone now has clean teeth. I take Clara, and Matt takes Miles.

8:20 Clara is asleep, and Matt comes into our room. We play on our phones for a while.

9:18 I'm exhausted. Why does doing nothing all day make me so tired? Matt goes downstairs to get things ready for work, and I go to bed.