{5:30 am} My alarm goes off and I don't snooze it. I only state this because most days I snooze my alarm at least twice, but Mondays I wash my hair so I know I can't snooze it. I wash my hair once a week. I'm SO thankful for that because I have long thick hair and it is a process to do.
{5:45 am} I remember while in the shower that I told my hubby this weekend that I was going to start getting up at 5 to workout quick in the mornings before work since I go to bed so early. Clearly completely forgot about that goal, fyi also forgot about it this morning. Whoops!
{6:30 am} Done getting ready and I wake up the girls. The girls wake up and right away both ask for a Monkey Milk. Which is this. We started giving it to Elliot about a year and a half ago because she used to HATE veggies. Now I can get her to eat carrots, celery, and cucumbers as long as there is ranch involved. We started giving it to Dixie too because she's such a peanut. The girls get ready and then I usually try to get a picture of them before we leave, especially if my parents are in Florida as I will send daily pics to my momma. Dixie's best blogger pose from Friday's morning pictures :)
{7:20 am} I am lucky enough to have the BEST daycare situation in the world, my sister :) She meets me at the office and gets both girls. She will drop Elliot off at preschool and then keep Dixie all day :) By a complete miracle we are early to drop off. So we goof off and take some pictures :)
{7:30 - 2:30} Werk werk werk werk werk. I don't take a lunch break so I can leave a little early. This has its positives and negatives, its nice getting done early, but there is a lot of kid free errands you could get done with a lunch break. Every day is different, I am a commodity broker so I help farmers hedge their grain prices :) Its mostly a male field, so its not uncommon that people are thrown off that I do this. It's a family business that my Grandpa started. Everyday I get made fun of because I pretty much eat 5 meals by noon. I can't help it. Salads and soups by 10 am every day. I could eat all my food intake by noon and not need to eat the rest of the day. On this day my hubby dropped off a hat he picked up for my nephew. We wanted to surprise him with an Eagles stocking hat because he's a huge Carson Wentz fan. As is everyone else because #NORTHDAKOTASTATEUNIVERSITY and then the hubby surprised me with a hat as well, I think it's pretty perfect.
{3 pm} Pick up Elliot from preschool. This is my FAVORITE thing to do every day. When she sees me she yells Momma and gets so excited. I love it! We wait in the car for my sister to drop off Dixie and we chat about the day.
{3:15 - 4:00} We run to grab a coffee and hot cocoa at Caribou because #monday and check my parents mail then run back into town for Elliot's gymnastics.
{4 pm - 5 pm} Elliot has gymnastics so Dixie and I run to grab some groceries. We went on the weekend to costco so we didn't need a ton. I thought it would be good for Dixie to walk behind a kid cart for a little PT and she made it around the whole store! Even with some milk in the cart! We love seeing progress! Not to mention she was so happy to be doing it. No one to rush her. We only got into one little tiff when she wanted Elsa bubble bath and I said no, well we went home with Elsa bubble bath ;) I have no backbone to those girls.
{5 pm} Pick up Elliot and head home. Elliot sees the Elsa bubble bath as she's grabbing some hard salami to eat (her favorite snack) and wants a bubble bath when she gets home. That is perfect because her and Dixie will play in the bath and I can get stuff done around the house with no one whining! Win win!
{5:30 pm - 6:30 pm} Get home and get the girls in the bath, unload everything from the day, finish making din, J had made chicken wild rice soup in the crock pot earlier so I finished the recipe, got Elliot's lunch made for the next day and got the girls out of the bath and in PJs. The girls eat soup which has been amazing that they like soup!
{6:30 pm - 7 pm} Shnuggle with Dixie while Elliot draws and then bedtime for Dixie.
{7 pm - 7:30 pm} Shnuggle with Elliot and read a few books. She wants to stay up till Dad is home from hunting which is just after dark. Usually she goes to bed with Dixie around 7. J gets home Elliot gives quick hugs and kisses and then goes to bed. Well more like sings from bed for 30 minutes before she actually falls asleep.
{7:30 pm} Dish up soup for J and I as he talks about hunting, we catch up on football (GO VIKES) and sadly I'm asleep by 8 pm. Poor J! I try so hard to stay awake but I just can't. My schedule follows daylight.
{8 pm - 10 pm} I sleep on the couch while J watches football and then we both go to bed.
Nothing too exciting here! But like I said I'm really trying to get up early to workout since I'm sleeping so early!
PS here is the link for the wild rice soup, it was so so so good!
xoxo,
