Day in the Life

I thought it would be fun to record what a normal day at home is like for us right now, when Henry is 1 and Jack is almost 4. A week ago Henry started walking everywhere, so that changed our days a fair amount. Henry is a man on the move that is for sure.

6:15 – Henry wakes up.

7:15 – Jack wakes up.

8 – We eat breakfast and then Henry looks for birds and squirrels on the back deck. For breakfast, Henry eats a bowl of baby oatmeal and about a million Kix. Jack’s breakfast favorites include waffles with peanut butter and syrup, egg muffins, cereal, smoothies and oatmeal.

After breakfast on Tuesdays and Thursdays we get ready to take Jack to school. This consists of Henry trying to escape while I try to put his hat and coat on. Jack does a great job of putting his shoes and coat on by himself and getting his backpack. On non-school days we usually read books until naptime for Henry.

9 – Naptime for Henry and playtime for Jack and Mommy.

10:30 – Henry wakes up and they play until lunch. Lately, they walk around constantly, especially Henry. He is not still very often anymore and Jack will walk around with him for awhile before he gets bored.

11:30 – Lunch and then more playtime. It takes Henry about an hour to eat it seems. They love getting everything out of the cabinets in the kitchen of course. On school days we pick Jack up at 12.

1:30 or 2 – Naptime. Henry doesn’t always take an afternoon nap if he has taken a long morning nap but he still stays in his crib awhile. And Jack never sleeps anymore; he “rests” in his room for a couple of hours. Lately, resting means playing with Legos. He is all about Legos right now and this morning we put his little table in his room so he could have a special Lego table. I’m hoping this will keep them off the floor but it probably won’t work.

3:30 or 4 – Playtime until Daddy gets home. And snacks. Henry decided he needed to start having an afternoon snack this week because he Jack has one.

5:30 – Henry starts eating his supper because he takes such a long time to eat. That way he is almost done when we eat, so I can eat too.

6 – Supper time.

6:30 – Bathtime for Henry – one of his favorite parts of the day because he loves the bath and because he gets to be with Nathan by himself.

7 – Henry’s bedtime and Jack gets to play with Nathan.

8 – Jack’s bedtime. Aunt Regina got him his first chapter book for Christmas, the 1st of three in a series. We are already on the 3rd one. We’ve also been reading the Jesus Storybook Bible lately. Nathan and I agree it is quite an amazing Bible and that maybe we should read it everyday without Jack it is so good. We also pray and sing 2 songs at bedtime.