Noon-12:30 pick up Noah, get him home to wash hands thoroughly, change clothes, diaper and read him a book before naptime. From 12:30-2, I can grab myself some lunch, get Lola out again, organize any afternoon activity logistics, make sure I haven’t missed any emails or calls from school saying I have a sick child that needs to be picked up early and on a good day, I put dinner on the crockpot by 2 so cooking on low for 3-4 hours will have it ready by 6. 

2 start to wake up Noah from his nap, grab him a snack and get him in the stroller if we’re walking to pick up at 2:30 

2:45 back home from pick up, girls grab a snack, hear about their day, empty their school folders and see what homework they have and what needs to be done before activities start 

3:30 second pick up of the day as my oldest has rehearsals for her spring musical coming up in May and has both singing and dancing parts 

3-4 if it’s nice outside, kids will usually play outside on the court 

4-5 pull out any clothes required for sports in the evenings like jerseys or shorts and make sure both are clean and if not, put in the dryer with a dryer sheet and hope for the best

5 get dinner on the table for the child who has to leave the soonest 

5:45 during a busy sports season, one child usually gets picked up for their sport at this time

6:45 the second child usually gets picked up for their sport

7 dinner cleaned up and noah is upstairs for bath and bedtime process 

7:30 ideally, when noah goes down for bedtime but depending who needs ride, it can get pushed to 8:30 

8 usually when the first child is home from their activity and might grab a quick bedtime snack depending on how early they ate dinner

9:30 if the oldest has a late practice, this is when theirs can end so they’re home by 9:45 for a quick shower and bedtime and if our dog, Lola, who turned 15 this year hasn’t eaten for the day sometimes we need to hand feed her at this time

10:30pm when the house is finally quiet and my husband I wrap up any last minute things for work, take Lola out for the night and sit down to watch a show or two 

Then, some days, I somehow manage to get to a cousin’s wedding in Florida, for example, arrive on a Thursday, attend the wedding on Friday, fly home Saturday morning and still arrive with a minute to spare to catch my child’s basketball game, get the family home, settled, jump in the shower, grab dinner for the babysitter and head back out for a black-tie Christmas party that evening. I may or may not have still been wearing my wedding makeup from the wedding on Friday but I’ll neither confirm or deny that fun fact. Like I said, never dull but wouldn’t change it for the world.