summer days

summer days are very special to our family.

a time to slow down, relax, and be together. these summer days help us prepare for upcoming school year and tim's season. those days can be a little crazy, so we keep summer real calm. and I protect them with the furiousness of a mama bear.

it's true.  

i work really hard to limit our activities during the summer, to keep our days quiet, and for us to be home together as a family. i love summer days.

we do however keep a summer routine. it is pretty low key and go-with-the-flow but it guides our days and keeps everyone happy.

summer 2013

6:30- 7:00 am Maggie, Tim and I wake up. Tim gets ready for work. maggie and I sneak downstairs and let the big girls sleep. sometimes one or both of them wake up and join us. often it is just maggie and I. I like the quiet morning time with her. she plays and i get my coffee started.

7:30 Maggie eats breakfast. i drink coffee and eat breakfast.

8:00  big girls wake up and wander downstairs

8:30 Maggie takes a nap. sometimes the big girls are still sleeping when i put her down from a nap. if that is happening i sneak back downstairs and enjoy my alone time:)

8:30 if the girls are up they want to watch scooby doo and eat breakfast. lately they have been eating huge breakfasts. ellie ate 4 pieces of toast the other day and wanted more....i thought moms of three boys had that problem.....

9:00 am big girls get dressed. then they play...outside, in the basement, with the wii, sometimes quietly on their own. sometimes we read. ellie likes to watch kelly and michael....she is growing up folks. i work around the house and many times the girls help me out. they also have a few chores to complete....i urge them to do them now rather than later..... i also workout during morning nap.

11:00-11:30 Maggie wakes up. if we are going to leave the house we eat our lunch now and head out right away. she needs to be down for nap by 2.

11:30 lunch for everyone.

12:00 playtime, pool, park, library, run errands, really whatever we feel like....

1:00-2:00 Maggie goes down for afternoon nap.

2:30 quiet time for the big girls. they need to read and relax. sometimes they nap. occasionally we all nap. yay! those are good days.

4:00 quiet time for the big girls is over and more playtime for them. often they head outside........Maggie might still be sleeping.

4:00-5:00 daddy gets home

5:00-6:00 dinner making

6:00 dinner time

7:00 outside time for everyone. work in the garden. play soccer or softball. watch the girls ride bikes.

7:30 Maggie takes her bath

8:00 Maggie goes to bed. i usually head back outside with everyone else.

8:30-9:00 big girls head inside and straight to the shower. then they try to get ice cream or some other snack :)

9:30 big girls to bed.

9:31 big girls ask for a drink......
 

summer days are so sweet. filled with sunshine and togetherness and calmness. all things i like.

i love summer days....a lot.