Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

Waking up at 5:30am, grabbing a cup of coffee and sitting down to work on my knitting until it’s time to get the kids up for the day. Getting kids ready for the day/school. Violet & Dominique usually get their breakfasts ready by themselves, so I just have to focus on myself and Zachary. Preparing myself for the day. A quick shower, real clothes and make-up done. Loving that Zachary still wants to help Keith make his morning green smoothie. Getting big kids off to school. Today is also Dominique’s day for kindergarten, so she goes with Violet to the bus stop. Gathering my stuff to go to Pre-School this morning. Zach was trying to convince me to take the sleds to school. Grabbing myself a tea when we got to Pre-School. I needed the warmth. Loving that I get to volunteer in Zach’s Pre-School class every other week. I love watching him interact with the toys and other kids. Picking up lunch for me & Keith from Bigg Smoak. ...

Day in the Life - January 29, 2020 5:15am | I hear Zach whimpering from his room and calling for his water bottle, so I go find it, comfort him a bit (think he had a bad dream) and then crawl back into bed for 10 minutes before Keith is up and going to the gym. I grab my coffee and go sit down on the couch to work on my knitting (which I'm really hoping to get done by this weekend). 6:30am | Start getting kids up for the day. Zach was already standing at his gate, waiting for me to open it up. Violet (as usual) was a bit harder to get up. Got the kids breakfasts going and Keith got home from the gym and started getting himself ready for work. 8am | Keith started getting his stuff ready to go, which also meant that he had to blend up his smoothie. And of course, Zach is always up for helping Daddy blend his smoothies. Keith heads off to work, and I send Violet off to school shortly after and then start getting Dom & Zach ready to go to Zach's haircut ap...

Welcome to Days 15-18 of December Daily! Running a bit behind here, but whatever. It's the season, and as long as I get them done (preferably before next November...), it'll be fine.

Hello & welcome to Days 13 & 14 of December Daily! For Day 13, I went with 2 stories: Violet reading in her school assembly and Zachary going on the potty twice in a day! The plaid star is from Ali Edwards  Chipboard Bundle 1 . I seriously need to find a way to put a dancing emoji on the page for Zach. I mean, look at his face! He was so proud of himself. For Day 14, it was all about making Sugar Cookies! I make them every year, but this was the first year that I gave the job of decorating to the girls. They did such an awesome job. The Very Merry word art is from Ali Edwards Christmas Star .

Welcome to Days 11 & 12 of December Daily! For Day 11, I really didn't have a story to go with, but then realized I could do a gratitude list. I decided to go with some hexagon text shapes to switch it up. The hearts are from Ali Edwards  Heart Digital Story Stamp  and  Gratitude  is from  Daily Digital Story Stamp . For Day 12, I used the story of me & Zach at Pre-School on a Thursday morning. The heart you  and the heart (recolored) is from Ali Edwards Heart Digital Story Stamp . Gosh darn it I love his smile. 

Welcome to Days 09 & 10 of December Daily! Let's just cut to the chase, shall we? The truth is, I had no photos or stories for 2 days in a row. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Pretty sure you get the point.  So I decided to improvise and take 2 quotes from an Ali Edwards freebie that she offered back in 2017 and make them full pages. Simple. Easy and Done.

Welcome to Days 07 & 08 of December Daily!!  For Day 07, I went with the story of Keith's work Christmas party. Of course, the only photo I take is of the food that we had and 2 videos of the entertainment. Season of Joy digital stamp is from Ali Edwards Christmas Star . Merry digital stamp is from a freebie that Ali offered a while ago. Day 08 we were at a family gathering, but I totally forgot to take some pictures. Instead, I grabbed the circles from Ali Edwards Chipboard Bundle 1 , Chipboard Bundle 2 , and Variety Sticker Bundle .