busy, quick day

As you may have noticed from instagram and my day to day facebook page

I shared a lot of pictures today! I was doing a day in the life in photos!

If you haven't liked my facebook page yet you should!

I post all my blog posts and instagram pictures there!

Today was not a normal Wednesday for me since Monday was a holiday.

Usually it is a pretty laid back day with just Jordan and I.

But today we had two extra kiddos join us 

including my nephew Cohen.

I also still had most other two nephews after school.

It was a busy but very quick day!

I had a lot of fun today and still had energy to 

spare after the kids were in bed.

That is rare for me.

Here is a peak into our day thanks to my iphone!

8:20 am

This little man came during breakfast so he joined me for some

banana muffins and went to town on my smoothie.

He was loving watching Jordan crawl around like a dog.

He finally couldn't take it anymore and started signing all done

and trying to rip his bib off. He just wanted to get down and play.

  

9:15 am

After I got the breakfast dishes cleaned up

and got down on the floor to play.  He was playing

with one of Jordan's garbage cans putting a piece of paper in

and then dumping it on the floor. Then repeat.

I decided to throw together a sensory bin for him with 

some cups for dumping and pouring.

He  loved it.

He knew to throw the bouncy balls and they would bounce all 

over the kitchen.  He knew the marbles wouldn't 

bounce so he would hand them to me.

{just a side note- he was never left unattended with the marbles :)}

I had a  cute video of him scooted around holding two 

cups collecting the balls but somehow it it got deleted.

I love when he comes over and backs his little tushie up

and plops right in my lap to hang out.

Jordan created some new Mario Worlds.

10:00 am

snack time

After snack we headed out the front door to the deck.

Time for a change of scenery and to run off some energy.

I also brought out the bubble machine which Jordan and Nolan loved.

Cohen wasn't so sure about it and sat very close to me the whole time.

He did start laughing at the bubbles (or the kids) after a while.

11:02 am

When we started getting cold and the deck a little slippery

we headed back in for more playing.

 

11:30 am

While the kiddos busy playing with cars

I headed to kitchen to make lunch.

Cohen quickly figured out what I was up too.

He was at my side signing more over and over.

After a few minutes he came back with his coat.

I guess I wasn't cooking fast enough and he was ready to leave.

After lunch we played a while longer then cleaned up for rest time.

Cohen got picked up.

Nolan was out like a light.

Jordan had quiet time in his room.

Rest time is usually over by 2:30 when Michelle comes home.

If Nolan is really tired he will sleep through all that.

Kids had some time on electronics before Josiah and Eli

arrived. My plan was to walk to Edaleen but the rain came

and stayed. Instead I made a snack bag for them and 

they watched Inspector Gadget.  

4:30 pm

When the movie was over they had the choice to play 

CALMLY or start on homework.  They wanted to play

so they did and calmly.  I think I only had to remind them once.

They played legos, guess who, and some game where Eli's house

{aka the toy closet} kept catching on fire. Which also involved

 taking pictures and other stuff I caught pieces of.

While all this was going on I started dinner and did dishes.

Then it was dinner for the kidlets.

homework. reading. cleanup.

I finally got to eat.

Grampa pick up boys for Awana.

Then Josh and I had date night with the kids.

Josh and Jordan went swimming.

Michelle and I headed to get pedicures

so we had pretty toes for California!

Michelle went with sparkles while I went with red tips and polka dots!

We went to Edaleen after so Michelle could get some ice cream.

We got back around 7:45 pm.  Usually by now I am ready to crawl into bed too.

Tonight for some odd reason I still had energy.

I finished the dishes,

Cleaned and swept the kitchen,

and vacuumed!

It was a great day and I loved all of it!