Our Typical Day
I am getting some great ideas here from mothers who are sharing what their "typical day" is like. We usually don't have the same schedule everyday but this is the kinda what it looks like:
Deacon wakes up around 6:30 - 7:00. I give him a cup of milk and put him in bed with me. Sometimes he goes back to sleep, sometimes we just lay in bed and watch cartoons until
We eat breakfast which is usually yogurt and oatmeal, pancakes or muffins.
After breakfast we get ready for the day. I usually try to have some type of "activity" for us to do in the mornings. This helps him to hold off on napping until after lunch. Some of our activities have or will include; story time, play dates, tubes at Rock Creek and the zoo.
Deacon usually wants to eat around 11:00 to 11:30 and then is down for a nap for 2-3 hours. I use this time to work, do chores, make phone calls and have computer time. When Deacon is around we cannot even open a computer with out him thinking he needs to use it, the same thing applies to the phone.
Once he wakes up we have play time and recently have been playing outside and going for a walk.
Then it is time to make dinner. At this time Deacon gets to watch one of his favorite shows, either Word World or Super Why. When that doesn't distract him long enough for me to make dinner he plays in the cabinets in the kitchen.
After dinner we have family play time, then it is bath time about 7:15 and he is in bed around 8.
My main goal is to make sue he doesn't get bored with me! I am constantly looking for things for us to do. If you have any advice I would love to hear it.
I usually have 1 day during the week to be at home all day to get everything caught up. There is a lot of stuff that I can't do when Deacon is awake, but somethings he likes to help with like laundry and vacuuming.
That is what a typical day in our lives look like. I love it!
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( 3 / 42 )Day with Stella
Yesterday Bryan had a meeting in NWA so Deacon and I decided that we would tag along. We ended up making the last minute decision to go up Thursday night and spend the night with the Yazwinski's. Yesterday morning when Deacon woke up he was a little unsure of Stella. It didn't take him long to get over that once he remembered all the toys he had seen the night before. However, we did have a few sharing issue in the beginning.
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But by the end of the day Stella was sharing her sacred Bunny with Deacon and he was sharing his snacks and they were best friends.
We went to the park yesterday morning and I tried to get a picture of them together, but that was nearly impossible since they were having so much fun.
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Deacon loved this park. He loved sliding down the big slides
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and running like crazy in the open area.
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They even loved giving each other hi-fives
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and knucks!
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After the park we met up with Bryan for lunch at one of my favorite places that Little Rock doesn't have...Steak N Shake. After lunch Deacon was out in no time. So, while we packed up we let him sleep.
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Once we got in the car he was wide awake almost the whole way home.
We had a great visit with the Yazwinski's and hope to see them again soon!
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( 3.1 / 42 )Hanging Out
Today we didn't get out of the house much. We pretty much just hung out, did some laundry and got ready for Uncle Landon's visit. Today was the first day that Deacon was really interested in playing with his GeoTracks that he got for Christmas. When I went to grab the camera to get a picture of it he didn't want anything to do with them. So, when I told him to go play with them so I could take his picture he decided to just have a little posing session.
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We had great weather today and Deacon was so excited to go play outside.
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He played with the neighbor's dog.
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And he played with his best buddy Maggie (he also helped me give her a bath today).
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I am loving all the quality time I get to spend with this charming little boy.
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( 3 / 56 )Videos
I am terrible at posting videos so today I decided to finally make myself do it. Here are some of my favorites. I love his laugh in this one.
Here he is "blowing over" (knocking them down with his head) the block towers his daddy made.
At this point Deacon was extremely tired, but instead of being fussy he was hilarious.
Playing blocks with Grandpa Kent.
Deacon absolutely loves music. He loves to sit in his floor with his ipod and dance. Here he is dancing to one of his favorite songs.
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( 2.9 / 58 )Mommy's Little Helper...or Not!
Today I was able to get a lot of cleaning done while Deacon was napping. Once he woke up he decided he was going to be Mommy's little helper. First he helped vacuum. I just wish this toy really worked!;)
He also was helping me earlier in the day. While I was folding laundry he grabbed a rag out of the basket and when into the kitchen and was "cleaning" the floors and chairs. The next time I looked over he was dipping his rag into Maggie's water bowl and "washing" the wall. What a great helper!
Then I guess he decided cleaning was too much work.
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When I went to vacuum his room, he grabbed his computer and sat in the middle of the floor, refusing to move.
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Maggie decided to join him.
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Since he loves playing in his bed he gladly rolled around in there while I cleaned his room.
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He also did some reading.
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This is what I get when I tell him...say cheese. It's kinda scary!
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Later in the day he decided he wanted to go for a ride in his wagon when it was time for me to cook dinner.
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What's a Mommy to do when she needs to get things done? I guess only 1 thing...get creative.
This is one of Deacon's favorite games to play (his Daddy taught him this). He lays in the floor.
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And then throws the ball up in the air and tries to catch it.
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This is obviously very entertaining to him!
Sorry these pictures are huge, not sure what the issue is.
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