7am: I like to run in the morning, so this is the latest I can go about doing that! Some days it happens! Other days, depending on the weather, or how I feel, I do a small workout in my bedroom instead.
7:45am: I am dressed, taking one last deep breath, enjoying the calm and peaceful atmosphere of my bedroom, before I enter the storm!
7:45 - 8:30am: A frenzy of washing last night's dishes, getting the boys to eat breakfast, feeding the dogs (myself), getting the boys dressed, and off to school!
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| Then from 8:30am-3:30pm this little guy and myself get to hang out! |
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| I then try to get him playing with some of his toys for about 1/2hour. I play with him, or he loses interest. I try to show him how to build things with play mobile, Lego, and blocks. He is much more interested in destroying the finished product though! |
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| Then we go into art! I have to mix up the activities! One painting will be with the paintbrush, the next his fingers, then a part of cut up fruit to stamp onto the page. Sometimes I let him paint my hand, although he tends to aim a little higher at my face! |
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| Then we do baking! Which he loves, and I love! So it is actually lots of fun! One on one is much better, because I can take his focus away from chucking the batter! I tried to do this activity with all three once, and it was a nightmare! |
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| After all that, it is usually warm enough outside to take Dulce for a walk! The two are perfect to walk together, because they go at relatively the same pace! |
By this time it is usually lunch! He is a fussy eater, so this goes on for about an hour!
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| Then it is outside time! We might play games in the backyard, or go for a hike down the nearby trail. We might build forts, or explore the creek a little bit! He is very well behaved outside, so this time usually gives me a little breathier. (Until he starts climbing up the scaffolding!) |
4:00-5pm.
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| Then it is supervised play in the backyard! |
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| Or I will take the eldest two for a hike, and do some Geo caching with them! Geo caching is a new thing I have started doing! It's basically a world wide treasure hunt! Toronto is full of these treasures, so I thought I would try it out! The boys really enjoy it too! |
5pm: Dinner; when everyone has lost their cool (including myself) and the fussy eaters just don't want to eat!
Then after that, I am relieved of duties! I usually go to the gym, and take a yoga class to get rid of any negative energy I have built up! Then I come home, work on my novel, catch up on social media, and sleep! (And eat way too many evening snacks, because that is what stress does to you!)
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| Sometimes the mother takes the youngest on an outing during the day, then I do some rapid house cleaning, and take Tank for a walk! |
For now through, this experience is preparing me for my next possible adventure! I am learning how to interact with children who don't understand my language, and how to teach them English, which is good, because I got asked to help out at a mission in.......
Africa! Uganda, January 2018!!
I'll let you know more details in a later post!
