Week in the Life 2018 | Monday Words + Photos

Hello and welcome to the 2018 version of Week in the Life!

If you re not familiar with this concept, I highly suggest that you visit Ali Edwards for more details. This amazing woman is the brains behind this project every year, and every year I never regret doing it.

7:15am | Get woken up by Dominique climbing into bed for her usual morning snuggles. Realize what time it is and get myself out of bed. Violet wakes up as well, so I get the kid's breakfast ready and coffee going while Keith showers and gets ready for work.

7:30am | Get Zach up for breakfast and get him fed. Also let Ruby outside for her morning stuff. Keith makes his breakfast and gets his lunch ready.

8am | All the kids are done breakfast, so Violet gets dressed and ready for school, l start cleaning up the kitchen and help Violet with her Show & Tell project.

8:30am | Get Violet out the door for school and make a quick list of things we need to pick up from the store.

9am | Bring the garbage to the curb quickly and then head to the store to pick-up some stuff that I forgot before we left.

9:30am | Back home and got Zach down for his morning nap and Dominique settled with Netflix (Boss Baby series is her current favorite), while I work on dishes.

10am | Dishes all done, switch the laundry around, heat up some leftover coffee and then sit down to hopefully get some Bible Devotions done.

11am | Get Zach up from his nap and get started on folding laundry. Zach wasn't too happy about being put down on the floor, but Dominique came to the rescue with her blanket.

11:45am | Start getting lunch ready, with Dominique overseeing/helping me and Zach playing calmly on the floor.

12:15pm | Sit down for lunch of Sidekicks and sausage. Zach gobbled up his puree/oatmeal mix and snacked on a cookie, while Dominique ate half of her plate and then went to bed.

1pm | Put both kids down for their naps, let Ruby outside, make some No-Bake Energy Bites and homemade iced tea, and do another round of dishes.

2pm | Switch laundry again, wipe down all the counters, stove and microwave and take meat out to thaw for supper. Play a little bit on my phone and then start planning out the rest of my meals for the week. Dominique has decided that she's not sleeping today, so she's alternating between playing at the table and resting on the couch.

3:15pm | Finally figured out what we're eating for the rest of the week and start unloading all the photos from my camera from the weekend. Zach also got up, so I let him play on the floor while I finish up my stuff.

4pm | Violet home from school. Had a couple rough moments with her concerning her chores and attitude. I started making supper while the girls worked on their laundry and Zach played on the floor.

5pm | Pick-up Keith from work and then quickly run to the pet store for Ruby and stop by the Greenhouse to pick up plants/seeds for our garden.

6pm | Back from our errands and continue making supper. Violet finishes up her laundry and I feed Zach so that he can have a quick nap. Have supper and then Violet helps me clean up the kitchen and do dishes.

7:15pm | Feed Zach his nightsnack and then get him in the tub while the girls start getting ready for bed. I tuck the girls in while Keith puts Zach to bed.

8pm | All the kids in bed means that it's time to chill.

Numbers for the Day:

Steps taken: 4,452

Hours slept: 6h 58m

Cups of water: 0

Cups of caffeine: 3

Loads of laundry: 5

Rounds of dishes: 3

Texts/Messages: 31

Calls: 3

Meals in: 3

Meals out: 0

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