Y’all know I like a superb day within the life submit. I revisit the archives each infrequently simply to learn by means of what life appeared like throughout totally different phases. Will I proceed including 1/2 to the children’ ages going ahead? Possibly! Ha.
That is form of a cool time for a day within the life submit as a result of it’s our final week of co-op and so we’re on a free system. The ladies are ending up ultimate initiatives and we received’t carry our morning time again till subsequent week. So right here’s a peek at an April day (don’t say don’t say it don’t say it) right here on the homestead! Sorry, couldn’t assist myself. 
6:15 AM
My alarm goes off and I roll off the bed. We’re nonetheless ready on a substitute half for our espresso machine, so I placed on some water for tea. I take Finley out briefly, pour my tea, mild a candle, and arrange in my cozy chair in the lounge to weblog whereas some morning storms roll in.
8:30 AM
Hailey is up and making breakfast so I am going open Kaitlyn’s door to get her shifting, too. Hailey has a morning routine of frying an egg and emptying the dishwasher whereas establishing a bit desk to eat at whereas watching World Watch. I watch together with her whereas making breakfast for David and myself.
This morning we had scrambled eggs and egg whites with veggies, avocado toast on some recent milled bread I purchased from a good friend, and strawberries. Per ordinary, we had our fiber on the aspect to scrub down the cod liver oil, vitamin D, and quercetin (for the pollen).
As soon as we’ve all eaten, I clear up the kitchen, mentally go over what’s for dinner to verify I’ve every thing I would like, and speak by means of the day with the ladies in order that they every have a plan. Hailey does this properly on her personal, a traditional first born daughter in some ways, and Kaitlyn advantages nonetheless from some steerage. She thrives with a written test checklist.
9:15 AM
Whereas the ladies dive into their respective duties, I set myself again up on the pc to knock out some admin duties which have been piling up. This consists of addressing flagged emails, beginning a resume for Hailey to trace her eighth grade actions and accomplishments (one thing we’ll proceed by means of highschool), paying some payments, and organizing some particulars for an upcoming household journey.
10:15 AM
Exercise time! David and I work out collectively most days, discovering a time slot that works for us each whereas we eat breakfast. I replenish our shakers with creatine and pre-workout. We drink that, the refill with aminos and head to the gymnasium for Madeline’s Higher Physique Push.
See all our gymnasium and health favs right here.
On strength-focused coaching days we don’t get sweaty, so it makes it simple to proceed with our days afterwards. David jumped proper into math with Hailey. We now have her on an accelerated program so she will be able to have Algebra 1 finished by the top of summer time and do Geometry her freshmen yr. I might write a complete separate weblog submit on the deep dive into school prep I’ve finished over the previous six months and the way it’s helped form our highschool plan.
I knock out my 5 minute weekday make up routine (no make up make up is the star of that present) then go test on Kaitlyn’s room cleansing progress.
12:00 PM
Lunch time already! Kaitlyn and I do math collectively whereas I make lunch. Nicole the Math Girl does the educating and I’m there as a TA.
Recent milled bread needs to be eaten shortly so I make grilled cheeses for the ladies whereas I cook dinner up some rooster to high mine and David’s salads. I discovered these new to me ranch flavored crispy pumpkin seeds and I actually like them!
Our lunch: buffalo rooster salads with Mary’s Gone Crackers and cottage cheese as a dip. Why isn’t any different cottage cheese as tasty at Good Tradition’s? I hold making an attempt to department out nevertheless it’s simply not the identical.
12:30 PM
Hailey and I head out proper after lunch. I drop her off at her piano and music concept classes then rush to see what number of errands I can accomplish within the hour. I make Amazon returns at Staples, purchase some herbs at Lowe’s, return books to the library, whereas catching up with some pals on Marco Polo.
2:30 PM
Again at residence, I assist Hailey together with her ultimate analysis paper. It seems MLA format continues to be as riveting because it was after I was a child.
Pollen or hormones (two issues I can blame nearly something on) hit me laborious round 3:00 PM so I kicked my toes up on the sofa to relaxation for a number of. I known as within the cuts of meat for the cow share we’re getting subsequent week and splitting with a good friend.
4:15 PM
Finley was itching for some train, so David, Hailey, and I made a decision to take her for a stroll. He not too long ago pulled again out his weighted vest, so I made a decision to do the identical. I can solely think about how cool we should look to the neighbors.
5:15 PM
We walked 2.5 miles. Again residence, Hailey went to play some basketball and I talked David into serving to me plant the herbs I picked up from Lowe’s. My imaginative and prescient is to have quite a lot of useful herbs develop alongside the rooster fence for them to snack on however not destroy. We’ve planted rosemary, lavender, and two sorts of oregano.
Then it was time to knock out my rooster chores. I prefer to go in as soon as a day to carry them treats, clear up the run, examine every thing, and accumulate eggs.
The day prior I solely collected two eggs, which was odd. Even stranger, after I opened it up at the present time, I solely discovered one. We often common 6-8 per day. I began to marvel in the event that they had been laying eggs out within the yard now that they might free vary all day. Nonetheless, then I seen solely eight chickens had been out. Frightened concerning the ninth, I opened the again of the coop to examine and after I did, I discovered…
Ms. Wednesday… maybe going broody?! Simply LOOK at what she was sitting on…
All these eggs!! And that tiny one, too.
She was not thrilled with me after I moved her off so now I must google what to do a couple of broody hen. I acquired a fairly good giggle out of the state of affairs although.
5:45 PM
Again in the home, I went to bathe, then headed to the kitchen to make dinner. I put the rice on to cook dinner, chopped some veggies, and made taco meat to create everybody’s present favourite supper – taco bowls!
Nothing groundbreaking, I get it, nevertheless it’s grow to be a weekly staple as a result of each time I make it, everybody raves about how a lot they get pleasure from it. Proof that easy is usually greatest. I all the time have tortillas as a result of Kaitlyn generally prefers a wrap and I serve it with MASA chips as a result of I’m obsessed. I simply used my very own code (AHEALTHYSLICE20) to order 10 extra baggage as a result of with the code you will get a significantly better worth on-line than what you’ll find at any retailer.
7:30 PM
Dinner is completed and it’s wind down time. David helps me get the kitchen all cleaned up whereas the ladies bathe then all of us hand around in the lounge. We go across the pink mild face masks (I used to be not too long ago despatched this pink mild face masks to attempt to we’re all utilizing it to check and distinction in opposition to the HigherDOSE pink mild face masks).
David and I sip our magnesium drinks and all of us watch Mark Rober movies collectively to wind down the evening. The video of him making the glitter bomb bundle to get folks stealing packages off entrance porches was hilarious!
9:00 PM
The ladies head to mattress and I am going out to lock up the chickens and let Finley out one final time. Then David and I watch our nightly episode of Frasier earlier than calling it an evening, dozing by 10:00.
And that’s a wrap!
