Routines

One of my friends who also blogs about her daughter listed off their daily routine and I thought that maybe just maybe some might be interested in ours (if no one else, then grandparents). On weekdays:

6:15- Rise and shine for Mom

6:45-Rise and shine for Ribbit and Goober

6:45-7:ish Rise and shine for Dad

6:45-7:15 run around like crazy to get breakfast, purple folder, bookbag, dressed, things needed for after school activities and in the car....if all of this is completed without a meltdown then we deem it a miracle.

7:15-7:40ish- Mom and Goob ride to school, we talk, he watches cartoons on dvd player and we pray right before we reach school

7:45-Dad takes Ribbit to sitter's house -she stays here for different amounts on time on different days.

8-3 class, work

3:15-Mom and Goob head home, some days we stop and get Ribbit, others dad already has her

4-5: we do one of three things a) go to park b) take a walk up our street and into each cul-de-sac while Goob rides bike and Ribbit is in stroller or c)Goob rides four wheeler in the field by our house and mom and Ribbit either play with water and/or cat piano

5-5:30- get dinner ready which frustrates bre as she doesn't know why she can't have the food right then and there so this 30 minutes normally involves dad distracting Ribbit

5:30-6:15 eat dinner at the table ( we never used the table before kids and now we never eat anywhere else), Goob is normally the first one done so he reads his daily reading to us then

6:15-6:45- Kiddos both baths, we lay out clothes for next day, get lunches together for everyone and if Goober gets everything done he can pop in a movie or watch certain shows

7:30 Ribbit goes down and if Goober has eaten all of his dinner then he can have yogurt-he thinks it is ice cream so he calls it dessert. We buy the mini danimal yogurts so its like 3 spoonfuls but he is satisfied :)

7:30-8: Mom, Dad and Goob time-most of the time we finish a disney movie or we play the game where we pin Goober down and tickle him or kiss him. We also play trouble, guess who or uno.

8:00- Goober goes to bed, he normally picks out 2 bigger books or 3 smaller books for us to read. Then we all pray and he is normally out in 15-20 minutes.

8-10: Mom and Dad get ready for tomorrow, clean up kitchen, Dad normally does homework

10: Mom goes to bed

10-3: Dad comes to bed when homework is done

So that is that.......this routine is altered slightly on weekends but wake up and bed times are pretty consistent!

Ribbit has started giving everyone long kisses before bed and then walking herself into her bedroom for night night. She is also walking into the bathroom for bath. This is a big change from chasing her down for both. She's also getting better at not stuffing herself, she finishes her meal, signs "all done" and gives us her plate. She still shoves a whole banana in at once but we are working on that. She loves loves loves to sing along with me or the radio and just makes up words.

Goober is becoming pretty inventive as to why he sometimes has trouble going to bed...one night his neck hurt, one night he wanted to pray again ( how can you say no to that?, and another night he remembered that earlier in the day I said he could have two peanut butter cookies and he had only eaten one ;). His prayers are becoming more personal and he is praying longer. He used to just say " Dear Lord, help this food bless our bodies, HeyMan. " But now he is actually thinking through them and not saying the same prayer every time. He even volunteered to pray for us today at lunch when we went out with 4 other couples.

Enough of this, its almost bedtime. Good night!