Our Beautiful Mess: A Day in the Life: 6.10 Year, 3.6 Year & 8 Month Edition

5:30 │ My alarm goes off. Getting up at 5:30 has been tough but I have started getting up so early since school will be starting soon and I will have to start getting up at 5:00 so I'm working my way up to 5:00.

6:15 │ I head back upstairs to shower.

6:24 │ I get back into bed, not ready to take on the day yet. I read a little bit and a snooze a bit more waiting for a kid to wake up.

7:02 │ Emma is awake. Rob heads in to feed her.

7:25 │ She's all done eating so he brings her in to our room. Emma hangs out on the bed with me. Clearly I'm not adjusted to my 5:30 wake up time yet. Rob starts getting ready for the day and gathering trash.

7:38 │ Addie is awake and comes running in. Connor is awake too but he's still in bed but I can hear a lot of giggling.

7:50 │ We head downstairs to make breakfast. When the kids go back to school, it's going to be quite the adjustment for all of us! Although I will admit that I look forward to the more normal daily routine.

8:02 │ The kids eat breakfast and Rob heads off to work.

8:16 │ I start sorting through school supplies. We went back to school shopping yesterday and I want to make sure I have everything for them and get it all organized.

8:25 │ After I finish with that, I sit on the floor with Emma and Connor who are playing. Addie is still eating - she is going to go through quite a shock when she has to start eating faster.

8:33 │ YouTube dance party

9:01 │ I take Emma upstairs for a nap. We read a couple books then she goes down. She has a little trouble settling but she got herself on her tummy and legs through the crib bars. I get her flipped back over and go strip my bed to wash my sheets.

9:12 │ The kids are still dancing so I work a bit in the office on some shop stuff. I have an order to do then some design work.

9:46 │ I move back into the living room and continue to do some designing, but I have had some serious focusing problems lately. The kids have meanwhile moved on to building together.

10: 23 │ Emma is awake again.

10:35 │ I give Emma a 6 oz bottle and the kids continue to build and semi-play together. They are doing a lot of sniping at each other today.

11:19 │ Lunch time!

11:34 │ We go back to a bit more playing before nap/quiet time.

12:25 │ I take Emma up for another nap and send the other two off to their rooms for some quiet times. I just hope they nap today because they are both a bit cranky.

I go to my room and watch some Supernatural while I work a little. I am still having some focusing problems so I really don't get much done.

3:04 │ Addison comes running to my room and starts immediately asking me a million questions. Then just mulls around, not sure what to do.

3:29 │ Emma is awake now too.

3:37 │ I give Emma a bottle which she downs quickly. I let Addie watch some Paw Patrol.

4:49 │ Connor is finally awake.

5:02 │ I start dinner.

5:40 │ Dinner all around. We are having smoked sausage and Italian roasted potatoes. Emma has apple chicken and green beans purees.

5:43 │ Rob is home.

After dinner we just hang out in the living room.

6:32 │ Time to clean up. They made quite the mess today.

6:50 │ Early showers tonight. Emma gets a bath and the bigs get showers.

7:01 │ Emma is pretty cranky so we are going to put her down early tonight. Rob takes her to feed her. Addie comes in and get her hair combed.

7:15 │ Emma is off to bed.

7:23 │ Addie reads to me while Rob wrestles with Connor. I can hear them at odds with each other while Addie reads to me. Connor doesn't want Rob to read then when Rob starts singing his good-night song Connor cries because Rob didn't read. So Rob tells Connor to get a book and Connor cries that he doesn't want to read. Life with a three year old.