Day in the Life - Spring 2018 the one before baby comes

I love DITL posts!!  With the impending arrival of baby brother I wanted to make sure that I got one of these on the books before he makes an appearance.  

Life has been pretty busy during this season and pregnancy is no joke for keeping me always on the go.  I often find myself vacuuming, mopping, cleaning, or picking up because I cannot stand the chaos and want to enjoy the peace and calm before he flips our world upside down! (and all that newborn/infant baby crap reappears in our house 😬)

I had an unexpected day off so we decided to make the most of it!
Date: Thursday May 31
Ages: Ellie 5, Finnley 2

5:10 my alarm goes off for me to take my daily Rx for my thyroid (thanks pregnancy) and then I go back to sleep.
6:00 I'm up and spend some morning time with Thomas before the girls get up and he leaves for work.
6:20 Ellie is awake and gets all the lovin's from Dada before he is out the door.  Our morning started off with me hanging out with Ellie in her bed browsing my phone while she plays on a kindle.  There was a bit of consoling to happen since she was looking forward to going to work with me.  But she was quick to get over it and we were able to start our day on a positive note.

6:50 Finnley wakes up and starts calling for us "Where are you??"  Ellie loves to help wake up her sister so I sent her in.  Then I came in her room and helped her gather all the stuffies to bring out to the couch for a show.

7:00 I get the girls their "first breakfast" of rice crispies, corn flakes, and crackers (all items I have deemed acceptable couch foods...)  While they're watching a show and eating, I head outside to cut some flowers to bring inside, per Ellie's request, and then vacuum and mop the bedrooms and hallway.  While it wasn't necessarily in my plan for the day, Cooper has been pissing in the house in the middle of the night lately so frequent mopping is a must.

8:00 it's time for "second breakfast" of eggs and pineapple.  Then we get dressed and ready to head out to take Ellie to Pre-K and Finnley to gymnastics.  Finnley loves her gymnastics outfit and throws a fit when I put a dress on over it since I have plans to do errands once shes done...

10:00 Finnley and I are done with her gymnastics class, she had a lot of fun and was a decent listener.  We're off to Costco to get some things on (and off) our list.  We started out going the opposite direction we normally go and I loved it!  Finnley did great during our whole trip there.

10:30 We're done with Costco and head home for lunch.  Finnley snacks on some crackers and I have some potstickers.  Finnley watches part of a show and then we head outside to look at the garden and check out the honeyberries (yum!!) and my new Magnolia Wreath I picked up earlier from Hobby Lobby.

11:45 we leave to pick up Ellie from Pre-K.  They had the Police Dept visit at school today and the teachers saved a swag bag for Finnley too (love them!!)  Ellie was obsessed with the sunglasses in her bag.  We stopped for the girls lunch, McDonald's, and then headed to gymnastics for Ellie.  We had some time between eating and gymnastics for the girls to run around in the "play area" as Ellie calls it...but really its just the raquetball court 😉.

2:00 we are finally home from all of our running around and I get Finnley down in her crib for her nap and Ellie into her room for some quiet time (where she actually falls asleep).  I browse around on my phone, read some blogs, check the IG, and decompress until Thomas gets home.

3:30 Thomas arrives home just as I head outside to do some prep work with my horse, Rags, before I put her up for sale.  I just do some quick exercise with her, where she does amazingly and I really hope she sells quickly.

4:00 I'm done with Rags, head inside and get cleaned up...farmlife is dirty 😉
4:10 Ellie is up and she hangs out with Dada and we enjoy some time just the three of us
4:45 Finnley starts making noises so we get her up and start dinner.
5:00 we put on Coco for the girls to watch and I peruse the new cookbook I picked up today at Costco.  I wasn't planning on getting their cookbook but here we are!

5:30 dinner is ready and we all sit down at the table to eat.
5:45 we ate fast and the girls begged to go outside to ride bikes (short lived) and then out back on the farm for some more fun...playing with the goats, riding the Gator, and playing in the Playhouse!

7:10 we head back into the house to get cleaned up and into our PJs for bedtime.  Finnley finds her swag bag and is also obsessed with the sunglasses.  The girls play a bit and we do some picking up around the house.

7:50 Finnley goes to bed and Ellie does some more playing and tv watching.
8:40 Ellie is off to bed with her Kindle...and is asleep shortly after.

9:10 I just can't hang anymore and am off to bed myself.


And that's the end of our day!!  I think we made the most of our day off and I love the rhythm we're in right now.  I know it's going to change very soon and we'll create a new one but for now...I'm going to love it, enjoy it, and soak it all up!!

♥ Ashley

previous DITLs:

Winter 2017
Spring 2016
Winter 2016
Winter 2015
Fall 2014