Spring 2016 DITL

I missed the last two Day In The Life posts, but I'm happy to be linking up with Julia for the Spring 2016 DITL roundup. I recorded Friday, April 1st for our family. Today I am 34  years old and 38 weeks pregnant with baby girl #4, E is 35, Miss A just turned 6, Little J is 4 and Lady C is almost 20 months. 

6:57am: I wake up and look at the time, but I have no interest in actually getting out of bed. I haven't been sleeping well due to my giant belly, so laying in bed sounds just about perfect. 

7:15am: Lady C is up. E is already up getting ready for work so he gets her and brings her to me. I'm hoping for some morning snuggle time, but she is wild when she wakes up. 

7:25am: Lady C has her first breakfast of the day, Honey Nut Cheerios and milk. I sneak a donut, check my phone and watch a bit of the news. 

Love this one from Timehop... more than 8 years ago, but still a great memory!

8:00am: I wake Miss A up for the first time. I start getting ready; change, wash face, brush teeth. Lady C digs through the drawers in my bathroom, finding lots of nail polish. Little J wakes up and comes to hang out. She loves to hang out in our bath tub. I have to go in to check on Miss A every five minutes until she finally got up. 

8:30am: Miss A is finally up and dressed. She has an interesting fashion sense right now. She started with a blue long sleeved shirt, but adds a black long sleeve shirt over the top when I remind her that it's school colors day. It looks a little strange and uncomfortable to me, but I'm going to choose my battles today, and this is not one I really want to fight. We head downstairs for breakfast. We have donuts on half birthdays, and today is my half birthday, so we have chocolate donuts. When Lady C sees Miss A and Little J have donuts, she insists on having one as well. All three are very happy with today's breakfast. I unload the dishwasher and make lunch for Miss A while they eat. Miss A  has some vanilla yogurt, which she ends up spilling all over the floor. I clean up the yogurt and send her to change.

8:45am: Miss A and I head out to the bus stop.

8:50am: I'm back from the bus stop. I do some cleaning around the house, get the little girls dressed, then do a jungle puzzle with Little J. Little J chooses a very bright outfit today!

9:40am: Get ready to leave for the Y. I grab snacks, water, my Target list, mail and take the trash out after getting Little J and Lady C in the car. Little J is really in to nature right now, especially the oceans and dolphins (she loves nature shows on Netflix right now), so she brings a dolphin book along.

10:10am: Get to gym (a little late) and after chatting with our favorite front desk friend, I get the girls checked in at Kid Stuff. Lady C stays in the little kid room, and I take Little J to the big kid room. I quickly head in to Body Pump and find a spot. I'm a little late, but find a spot and get started. I've lightened my weights and take extra breaks to allow me to get through the class and not end up with too much back pain the rest of the day. Today I skip lunges.

11;10am: Class is done. I chat with some gym friends and relax for a bit before picking up the girls.

11:40am: I pick up the girls from Kid Stuff and we head out.

12:00pm: We go to Target and while trying to keep Lady C occupied and in the cart, I don't take any pictures. Today I'm trying to stock up on essentials just in case baby girl decides to make her appearance early. My dad and stepmom are also planning to visit tomorrow so I pick up some groceries for dinner.

1:00pm: We're leaving Target. There is construction on the road home and it takes forever to get home. Lady C falls asleep on the drive, grrr!

1:25pm: Finally home! I quickly get lunch started. Nachos with leftover taco meat. Doritos are one of my favorites, and being really hungry makes them extra tasty today. Little J is pretty happy with this lunch too.

1:45pm: I clean up from lunch and unload the car. Little J picks a treat from her Easter basket, and starts coloring. I pick too many treats from Lady C's basket.

2:20pm: I get Lady C ready for a nap. On our way upstairs we check for Mr. and Mrs. duck in our front drainage area (they have been hanging out there a lot lately and my nature loving Little J loves to check on them). We moved Lady C into her room with Miss A a few weeks ago, and while she's doing pretty well staying in bed at night, I don't trust her for naps so I'm using the pack-n-play. After Lady C is in bed, I start The Magic School Bus for Little J in my room and start a bath. The bath tub is the greatest thing right now. I relax in the tub for quite awhile, then move to the shower to rinse off and wash my hair. Then I do my hair, a little makeup and get dressed. I'm down to the same three or four outfits now. I'm really ready to not be pregnant!

3:30pm: I start some laundry and hear that Lady C is awake. Her car nap seems to have messed with her real nap today. Not cool. I talk to E on the phone for a bit as I get Lady C.

3:55pm: The bus drops of Miss A. The kids from the bus chase the ducks and Miss A picks up the mail on her way home (across the street). I do some work on the computer, mostly bills and still trying to figure out how to change our address with a few companies. Miss A and Little J do their "homework." Miss A has a little assignment from her teacher and Little J works on writing her name. Little J does well with her long name, but has trouble with the letter S sometimes. Lady C builds with duplo blocks and plays with other toys in the living room.

4:30pm: Little J and Miss A go outside. Little J rides her bike. She loves that she can ride without training wheels now. They both dig around in the yard to and pretend to make food for a restaurant. Lady C decides to "help" with my computer work. Miss A and Little J come inside looking for a snack.

My pregnancy drink of choice this time around.

She hates to wear her own shoes, yet loves to wear other people's shoes. So silly!

5:40pm: E calls to let me know he's on his way home. I start dinner, and again Lady C decides to help. She has figured out the knobs on our doors, and loves to raid the pantry. There is very little I can leave on the bottom shelf now, and I frequently find boxes of mac and cheese and cheerios strewn around the house.

6:00pm: E is home! There's always a race to get the first hug from Daddy and today Lady C gets the first hug. She's really loving Daddy lately! When the big girls realize Daddy is home, everyone has to pile on.

6:20pm: Dinner is ready. We have spaghetti, a meal nobody complains about. Big win! We talk about the rules for playing outside (ask before you go outside, always wear your helmet on your bike... pretty basic stuff). Also, our yard is dirt and the girls end up covered in mud, so we talked about only wearing older, outside clothes to play in the yard rather than fancy dresses. Hopefully they actually follow that one!

6:50pm: I clean up from dinner and E takes the big girls outside to clean up the yard and have a fire. We just found out the builder is sending people to work on the yard Monday, so we want to get some work done in advance. I snuggle and play with Lady C, who is not very happy to be staying inside.

8:00pm: E and the girls come inside and I start getting all three ready for bed. Pajamas, teeth, diapers, books.

8:30pm: Girls are finally in bed. Lady C is in the bottom bunk, with Miss A on the top now, and while she's doing pretty well with her big girl bed, she likes to mess around for awhile before staying in bed and going to sleep. Tonight is not too bad. I clean the floors (love this Norwex mop!). I also love the look of our dark hard wood floors, but they show everything. Not my favorite. When the floors are clean, I get ice cream.

10ish pm: Start getting ready for bed and go to sleep. Goodnight!