Day within the Life: 13 Years Outdated & 10 Years Outdated

Have I actually not executed one among these in over a yr? (All day within the life posts are discovered right here). Wow. Nothing makes me really feel like time goes means too shortly fairly like trying again on day within the life posts and but, I’m so grateful I’ve these little snippets and snapshots of life to look again on. We’ve had such a full yr stuffed with change with promoting, residing with mother, after which the shifting in that I feel I’ve been in my emotions much more than traditional, or maybe I simply hold getting extra mushy (is that even potential?) as I get every year older? If that’s the case, whew, buckle up David. 😉

This will probably be a enjoyable peek into our days as a result of it’s in an all-new routine and house. Our new neighborhood has been so welcoming and we already really feel plugged wherein is the happiest of surprises. From children on the door every day able to play to a constant neighborhood textual content chain, the group really feel is robust and I’m right here for it! We additionally begin our new co-op this week, which we’re nervous and excited for, and we’re straightforward backing into night commitments. I’ve so many issues I’m trying ahead to sharing, however let’s begin with right this moment, a typical Monday.

Day within the Life: 13 Years Outdated & 10 Years Outdated

5:30 AM: Wake Up

I’ve been desirous to shift my 6:30 get up time a bit earlier to present me extra morning time and since David needed to depart for work early this morning, it made the proper alternative to make it occur. I obtained up, began the espresso, turned on the hearth, and made David breakfast- two sausages, three eggs, on a bagel. When he left I put a loaf of sourdough into the oven to bake and joined Finley on the sofa to write down and ship my publication, begin scripting this put up, and return emails.

When the solar begins to come back up I closed my laptop and like all the time, Finley jumped up as quickly as she heard the clicking of my laptop computer closing. We’re so lucky to have strolling trails so near our new residence, and we took off on our morning loop, which is simply shy of two miles.

8:00 AM: Getting the Day Began

After our sniffari I prepare for the day. I take advantage of this time period calmly because it’s principally athleisure, however placing on a bit of make up and brushing my hair makes me really feel extra put collectively and productive for the day. Then I activate the griddle and go get up the women. They meet me within the kitchen and we make breakfast collectively. It was a sourdough baking morning, so we dig into the loaf whereas sausage and eggs sizzle on the griddle. I’ve a slice of bread, toasted, with a hen sausage patty and an egg, with a wellness shot, two Brazil nuts, vitamin D, and a PC oil, plus a few of Kaitlyn’s leftover crust with butter.

The ladies went to dress whereas I clear up the kitchen, feed the starter, and begin the dishwasher. We opted for drawer dishwashers on this kitchen and up to now, I’m loving them. They match my life-style of being within the kitchen a lot and one among them is nearly all the time working, however I by no means have soiled dished within the sink.

At 9:00 the mattress for “Nana’s Room” (the primary stage visitor room) was delivered, so the women organized the playroom whereas I oversaw that and began some laundry, then we obtained began on faculty work by about 9:30.

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9:30 AM: Dive into Homeschool

The morning is all about faculty. We’re nonetheless utilizing this similar schedule and for probably the most half we actually love the extra topics in shorter durations arrange. We began yesterday with music examine, the place we proceed to concentrate on Chopin. We hearken to his music and I learn tales about him from Music with the Masters. From there we transition into math with Nicole the Math Woman. This provides me an opportunity to comb via what I want for our subsequent topics whereas each ladies are plugged into their lesson. I normally bounce backwards and forwards between them to assist a bit.

Then we go into handicraft and skim aloud, the place we’re presently listening to Little Ladies. I’m forcing Kaitlyn and I to complete our embroidery, regardless that it’s October themed. Hailey has executed two embroideries and isn’t utilizing her time to make bracelets or wrap presents. From there, it’s language arts- Mondays are for writing so I do writing with Hailey whereas Kaitlyn watches Thriller Science, then change over to Kaitlyn whereas Hailey works on her task. Reminiscence work is now all about memorizing strains for the Julius Caesar play they’ll be in via co-op and eventually we wrap issues up and head down for a snack, to let Finley out, and to placed on our footwear.

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12:30 PM: Out to Run Errands

Hailey wanted denims and she or he’s lastly an excellent age/dimension for purchasing and American Eagle makes it straightforward. We headed to the mall and located quick success. We additionally bounced round to Claire’s, the Lego retailer, a toy retailer, Construct-A-Bear, Macy’s, and few different locations Kaitlyn succeeded in dragging us into simply to browse.

From there we headed to an area gem, The Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery. We grabbed a chunk to eat earlier than heading into the market to go searching. It’s recognized for it’s choice of top of the range native items and I might have wandered round for some time however I obtained a name from David that I used to be wanted at residence to signal for a supply, so we took our cart of beer, elderberry, and sweet canes (lol) to the try and rushed off. After signing for FedEx we have been the proud homeowners of a 500+ lb Kamado Joe Smoker that David guarantees will smoke me probably the most scrumptious wings, brisket, and grilled pizza. Can’t wait to attempt it!

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4:00 PM: Winding Down the Day

As soon as residence I switched the laundry, put the bag of shrimp in water to defrost, and placed on my footwear to take Finley out and let her stretch her legs. We lined about 2.5 miles on the paths and I loved each minute of it. Being out within the woods within the fall is my pleased place and I really like that my legs have been feeling the extra hilly terrain since we haven’t labored out in about two weeks. We have now an train space on the new home that’s *nearly* arrange and I can’t wait to get again to some energy coaching.

After I obtained again from the stroll Hailey was out on her bike with two neighborhood mates and Kaitlyn, who had been drained all afternoon, was listening to her audiobook after which facetiming her cousin. The solar was heading down so I fed Finley and obtained out all I wanted to make Greek Shrimp Pasta.

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6:15 PM: Dinner and a Film

One factor I really like about our format is that I can see the TV from the kitchen, which I couldn’t do in our outdated residence. The ladies placed on Christmas Chronicles and whereas I used to be making dinner, I obtained to observe, too. I really like Christmas film watching season and listening to them snort. It’s so cozy.

In between stirring pasta, I helped David out the place I might. Final evening was messing with a brand new mattress body to get it to suit proper. We have now been figuring out tails off making an attempt to get every little thing within the new home in place and whereas we’ve made a lot stable progress, someway we nonetheless have lots to do. I’m so pleased to be in and settling in although that it’s laborious to thoughts very a lot.

All of us ate dinner and watched the top of the film collectively as I transferred footage from the digital camera to my laptop to edit for this put up. It made me bear in mind how a lot I really like taking footage on the actual digital camera because it separates me from my cellphone and takes so significantly better footage. Social media is nice for thus many causes, however my coronary heart of sharing life will all the time be the weblog. I really like lengthy type copy and having the time to replicate on life’s happenings. I generally marvel if there may be nonetheless a marketplace for old skool running a blog fashion or if all that has switched to social media. Deep ideas 😉

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8:30 PM: Calling it a Evening

A drained Kaitlyn was despatched off to mattress round 8:15 whereas Hailey frolicked for a bit to snuggle Finley. I cleaned the kitchen, arrange the espresso, began the dishwasher, and completed placing away some laundry whereas chatting along with her. She headed as much as mattress round 8:45. David and I chatted on the sofa for a bit earlier than I went to bathe then we watched an episode of My Title is Earl. We all the time like a lighthearted present earlier than mattress and having gone via so lots of the traditional sitcoms (Frasier, Seinfeld, The Workplace, Shitt’s Creek, and so on), we not too long ago began Earl. It’s a great match!

By the point 10:00 hits, we’re each snoozing. I feel it’s neat that we don’t must crate Finley anymore. Her cozy cave mattress is in our room and once we head to mattress she does, too, crawling into her mattress and with a deep sigh settles in for the evening.

And that’s a day! I obtained just a few questions on IG that I needed to incorporate as a part of this put up, so right here we go-

Do you ever get drained noon?

Generally! If I do, I normally attempt to take a stroll or make a cup of tea. I’ve observed inexperienced tea caffeine gained’t hold me up at evening the way in which espresso does if I drink it within the afternoon, in order that’s my go-to. I’m actually obsessed with nighttime sleep so normally my 7-8 hours of stable sleep carries me via the day pretty effectively. Generally homeschool will drain me and make me mentally drained and that’s when getting exterior works greatest.

Have you ever discovered a co-op and mates?

Our neighborhood group is fairly wonderful and I do really feel like I have already got mates I might name on to stroll or with a favor; we also have a ladies evening deliberate in December and did a Friendsgiving along with our households on Sunday. It’s been an exquisite transition.

As for co-op, sure! We have now our first day with the this Thursday and we’re a bit of nervous and quite a bit excited. We discovered this co-op a couple of yr in the past via native homeschool Fb teams. The ladies and I had a playdate with them again within the spring they usually prolonged us an invite.

How unbiased are your ladies with homeschool proper now?

We do plenty of the themes collectively so I’m fairly concerned. They each do math on their very own (with me serving to) and I’m very hands-on with Kaitlyn’s language arts, however much less so with Hailey’s (as soon as I am going over her writing task, she’s on her personal, and she or he does grammar on her personal and I simply go over it along with her). It feels very manageable although as a result of we accomplish that a lot collectively I don’t really feel like I’m continuously being pulled backwards and forwards.

Are you feeling like the brand new home/group really feel like residence?

Sure. I form of really feel like I used to be all the time meant to stay right here. I actually love the home and nonetheless really feel like I have to pinch myself each day as a result of in plenty of methods it doesn’t appear actual. The persons are actually unbelievable and worth plenty of the identical issues we worth, like household, pure residing, and group. I simply want I might scoop up among the mates from our outdated space and have them right here with me!

In case you’re nonetheless studying this, I’m impressed. It’s SO lengthy, haha! Thanks for making my weblog a part of your day and I hope you have got an exquisite remainder of your week!