What Do You Do All Day?

If you're a stay-at-home-mum, chances are you've been asked what you do all day.  Well, here's a look at my typical day:

6ish wake and pray the Angelus before making breakfast for the kids and myself (and my husband if I'm nice, but he usually wakes later and isn't a breakfast person).  If by chance I get up before the kids, I actually get to shower. Put a load of laundry in to wash.

7.30ish sit down to eat breakfast because I've already had to change a couple of diapers and hold Charlotte who doesn't like mornings.  On a good morning I've been able to pray the morning office, but this hasn't been happening lately. 

8.00ish get everyone dressed and brush teeth. 

8.30 rush trying to find the shoes that are supposed to be in the shoe basket by the door so we can leave

8.45 pack everyone in the car and drive to Mass

9.00 Mass

9.30 play with other kids after Mass if they're there, followed by errands if needed then home; Rosary in the car if running errands or later at home

10.30 snack time if home; put wet clothes in dryer and get second load ready if needed; check email; knit or sew if I'm lucky (easier on One of the two days I allow the kids to watch a little something)

11.30-12.30 lunch

12.30-14.00 clean up from lunch, fold laundry (maybe), play/learn, make dough for any bread for dinner

14.00 afternoon snack for the kids, smoothie for me, little bit of down time

14.30-16.00 try to keep Charlotte awake, help Kieran practice violin

16.00 start prep work for dinner

17.30-18.30 dinner

18.30 clean up

19.00 help Kieran practice if we didn't get to it earlier, roughhouse with the kids, run second load of laundry if needed

19.30 baths

20.00 start winding down play time, fix snack for myself if time

20.30 get older two in pjs and send down to bed, do family prayers, put clothes in dryer

21.00 get Leo in pjs and eat snack if hungry

22.00 put Leo to bed

Rinse, repeat.

And then we add in:

Tuesdays 15.45-17.00 group violin lessons (on break until August)

Wednesdays 15.30-16.00 private violin lessons (on break until August)

Thursdays 9.30-12.00 play date

Fridays 10.00 library

And then we add in Leo's various doctor appointments (thankfully there have been fewer lately), helping Charlotte with he toilet, changing Leo or taking him to the toilet if I'm on top of things, reading to the kids, feeding the ducks and/or caterpillars, sweeping up after Leo's crumbs, etc, and it's a very full day.