So, I actually think my computer might be up and running (for now, for now... :) so pictures of May are soon to come! We've been having fun!
I always hesitate to post the schedules the girls and I are on (I know it's sorta weird) - but I think the girls and I love how we spend our days together and I want to remember how my days were filled when my sweeties were little so I am posting :)
We don't follow the schedule exactly (of course). Things are happily
always always coming up and I don't include our extracurricular activities like dance, swimming,
gymnastics, etc. And many times we just don't keep the schedule - I love structure and think it's good for kids, too, so it's just something we strive to do when we can.
4:45 – 6:30: I run, eat breakfast, get ready for day, read, sometimes clean a little, and put a load of laundry in
6:30 – 9:00: (EMILY SLEEPS UNTIL 9) Reading time with the girls (about 45 – 60 min), preschool time, get girls ready for day/eat breakfast, snuggle time with Angela, play board games and do puzzles.
9:00 – 9:20: Feed Emily while playing more games/doing more puzzles/or reading more books with the girls
9:20 – 10:00: The girls have playtime together/
Starfall.com time while I have my Emily time and clean the house (hang up my load of laundry)
10:00 – 1:30: GET OUT TIME (go to the library, play with friends, go to the park, run errands/shopping, I do a piano lesson on Thursday, eat lunch)
1:30 – 2:00: Feed Emily/Emily time while girls eat snack and play/girls need to do their chores
2:00 – 3:30: QUIET TIME - during girls' quiet time, I ....
Mon – Laundry/iron
Tues – Finances/Misc
Wed – Calling
Thurs- Big Cooking/Bake Day
Fri – Deep Cleaning
3:30 – 4:15: More Mommy Time – 15 min. Music Time (sing around the piano/teach the girls piano lessons) and for 30 min. the girls can pick anything they want to do with me (usually they pick barbies or hide and seek these days) or we cook/bake together
4:15 – 5:15: Snack for girls/Creative Play for the girls or they play in the yard (sandbox, crafts, play-
doh, etc.) My time to make dinner (girls love to have their "babysitting" time with Emily while I make dinner) and I practice the piano (Dinner usually takes about 30 min and 30 min for my piano practicing)
5:15 – 6:30: Go for a bike ride, go for a walk, park in neighborhood
6:30 – 6:45: Feed Emily/ girls get dressed for bed (Bath Time)
6:45 – 7:00: Finalize dinner/girls play
7:00 – 9:00: Daddy comes home! Eat dinner, play with dad,
FHE, family scriptures, put girls to bed (Carolyn and Angela in bed at 8:30 and Em in bed at 9:00)
9:00 – 9:30: Clean house, get stuff done (water our garden and grass)
9:30 – 10:30: Andrew Time!! :)
At first she couldn't really conquer the three finger hold...
...but by the end of the day, she got it :)
It was a day of Ang-Banang where she got to call all the shots. It started out with fun with one of her best friends (Rowan) over with her siblings. Fun with decorations dad put up and then chocolate chip whole wheat pancakes for breakfast.
The first thing Angela wanted to do was go to Toys R Us and picking out a toy with Ponka and Nana's money. Her face in this picture is worth a million words to explain how she felt about the task ahead of her.
The final pick - perfect for Angela. A purse with all the essentials she needs when she goes out.
Then lunch at McDonald's...
...and then hit the big screen for a dollar movie. It's a random picture here...but shows how I got to hold my birthday girl's hand throughout the movie :) Lucky me.
Then we went home and went for a long bike ride and awaited Daddy coming home for hot dogs, corn on the cob, and french fries (meal picked by Ang)...followed of course by cake and ice cream. And then presents :)
Next big event was this sweety turning a big 5!
The most exciting part for Carolyn I think was her gymnastic themed birthday party. (Front row - Katelyn, Brinley, Micah/Back row- Katie, Anna, Kaylen, Carolyn, Mayci, Angela)
On Carolyn's actual birthday, we hit Toys R Us where Carolyn found her perfect find from Nana and Ponka.
On her actual birthday, Carolyn was excited about her ice cream cake.
Carolyn entertaining Emily with her new fairy barbie doll - Emily loves the shows Carolyn puts on for her with her barbie :) So cute :)
Fun with the slip-and-slide daddy got for the girlies. A big hit - esp. with Angela she couldn't stop smiling and laughing.
We also got to go to Chucky Cheese to help the big birthday celebrations for the girlies.
The 5 of us :)
At the end of May, we went to a horse race! It was so awesome! We've been getting into watching horse racing a little bit as a family and so it was great going to a real race. Something we will continually do - so fun! The girls had a blast and I am happy to report that I won Cafe Rio from beating Andrew in our horse racing predictions. Boo-ya!
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