Thursday, April 19, 2012

A day in the Life

My friend Shawna did a post over on  The Creative Mama about "a day in the life".  I always find it interesting to see how others spend their days, so here is a peek into ours.  I snapped all the pictures with the Instagram app on my phone. This was our Tuesday, which this day was not a typical day for us but lately it seems we have been so busy I don't even know what typical is anymore.
Tylor is gone by 6:30 every morning, I get Caden up for school about 6:45. We live just a few blocks from the elementary school, Caden leaves at 7:30 to walk with some neighbor kids to school but he always wants to play with Samuel before he leaves.
7:25am


I love coffee, second cup for the morning.
7:32am


Once Caden is gone I get ready. Some days I walk/jog after I drop McKenzie off, so getting ready consists of putting workout clothes on. About 8:00 I get McKenzie up and this is always a challenge. She is NOT a morning person. While she is eating (very slowly I might add) I make her lunch and get her ready for preschool. We leave the house about 8:50 and she is at school from 9-2.
8:50am


This happened to our van last week, aka the swagger wagon, while it was parked. We didn't even have plates on it yet. Luckily the person who hit us left their information. So now it's going to the dealership to get repairs.
9:32am


Hertz rentals came and picked me up and this is our replacement for the next 10-14 days. Good grief, this thing is a gas guzzler. I said I would never drive a mini van but I miss mine! Never say never.
10:12am



We are leaving for Nebraska this week for a wedding and a baby shower, I was running around picking a up few last minute things. Samuel decided he was hungry and needed changed so we took a break.
10:58am


Samuel and I weren't far from Tylor's office so we picked him up and had a lunch date.
12:24pm



Gridlock on the 820 Loop. What's new....sigh. Fort Worth I love you but really don't love your traffic.
1:28pm


Picked McKenzie up from preschool. My phone was dead so I snapped a picture at home.
2:10pm


Orthodontist appointment. Hopefully only five more months and braces come off!!!
3:32pm


A day of running errands wouldn't be complete without a stop to Target. Luckily for the kids we had to go to the toy isle to pick out a birthday present.
4:47pm


Skillet lasagna for supper.
7:02pm


Normally after supper we all go on a walk, Caden and McKenzie ride their scooters or bikes. Tonight we had to skip the walk. We are donating our old van to a local charity and needed to clean it out and find the title....yea, I said find the title. Who looses a title? Obviously we do, we searched for it for over an hour. We found it exactly where we thought it was, just over looked it the first time.

Caden and McKenzie are asleep. I have bible study Wednesday mornings and my table was in charge of bringing breakfast. I had a package of scone mix. Y'all didn't think I bake from scratch at 9pm did you?!
9:04pm


Trying to get this sweet little boy to sleep but he found his high pitch squeal this week and LOVES to practice it. It should be an interesting 10+ hour ride to Nebraska. Earplugs anyone:)
9:34pm

He was asleep 10 min after I took this picture.



11pm All in bed.

That's how we roll around here.

Friday, April 6, 2012

When life hands you lemons..

you make lemonade...or maybe mom has a bunch of lemons and you want to have a lemonade stand.

Today the kids have a day off of school, so McKenzie and some neighbor kids decided to have a lemonade stand.  I very rarely have sugary drinks at the house but lucky for her I had a bowl full of fresh lemons! So off to work we went.




Success!