March 7, 2011
I thought it would be fun to post A Day in My Life...
8:20 am: my alarm went off. I pushed "snooze".
8:30 am: got dressed and put on a little makeup
8:45 am: yesterday I made Banana Bread muffins because breakfasts are not easy meal here. So I put a plate of muffins and some yogurt on the table for the girls.
8:55 am: Selawa knocked on the door. She watches the girls while Brian and I have language lessons.
9:00 am: Brian and I walked to class. We have Arabic classes 3 hours each day, 4 days a week. Most of the time we really enjoy them. Occasionally, on days when I am very tired, I count down the final hour. But I feel lucky that I enjoy the classes so much.
12:15 noon: walked home and greeted the girls. Sophie is always very happy to see us when we walk in and I love tiny little baby hugs.
Between then and about 2:00, I chatted with the girls and said "goodbye" to the babysitter. We made and ate lunch and a grocery list for dinner tonight. Brian got a phone call, inviting him to hang out with some friends, so he kissed everyone and left.
2:00 pm: I started school with girls. Savannah is very serious about her preschool work. Emily works through literature, geography, spelling, Shurley English - which she has declared her favorite subject, and math. This year we focused on the basic skeleton, but I'm looking forward to expanding next year. It will be more of a challenge because Savannah will be in Kindergarten and will need more focused time. Right now, I can take turns working with each of them while the other is working on their own. I've already been looking at the catalog and I'm excited about next year, even though it will be more challenging for me.
3:20 pm: Sophie woke up from nap so I got the girls ready to walk to the store. I had planned on walking and using the stroller to carry everything back, but as I was getting things together, I realized that the stroller was still in the back of the car from our excursion on Saturday and I couldn't find the keys. So I put Sophie in the baby back-pack and we started out.
I don't know how Brian carries that baby in that back-pack for hours on end when we are sight-seeing. It was killing me! I must not have had it adjusted correctly for me, because he swears it is comfortable.
I caught a taxi home. So worth it!
4:30 pm: and we are back home and groceries are in the house!
4:32 pm: I got Emily started on math
4:45 pm: I have been toying with the idea of putting Sophie's crib in with Emily and Savannah to sleep. Since they slept very well together for 3 weeks in Jordan, Emily and I decided that now was a good time to take the plunge. Savannah was a great helper as we cleaned out toys and moved the crib. The room that Sophie was in is now the "play room."
They seem to really like the arrangement and I think since they have to be quiet because Sophie is sleeping, that the bigger girls fall asleep faster at night. It also is much better for Sophie's nap time because she is further away from the traffic between the bathroom and the girls room. So far, we like the new arrangement.
5:30 pm: Emily finally finished her math and was playing in the new "play room" with Savannah and Sophie, so I started dinner. We were having taco salad.
At 5:45 pm, my friend Mona, from upstairs brought food down. This was the first time she was in my house and I was excited!
I was not as excited about the food... the big tube things are cow intestine, stuffed with rice. It was chewy, but had a delicious flavor. The brown strips of meat are lung. Yes, lung, my friends. I don't eat lung or intestine, for that matter, but this was my friend. So I ate. If the lung wasn't such a weird texture, I could eat it. The white round things that are out of focus, close to the front edge of the plate... I'm not sure what they were. But they were nasty. And crunchy. And nasty. And I'm pretty sure I don't want to know what they are.
But she calls me "sister" and I need a sister here. So, I eat. And smile. And I tell her what a marvelous cook she is. That is no lie. She makes the best swarmer and mashey I have ever eaten in all of my forays into Middle Eastern food.
At 6:15 pm, the girls and I sat down to eat dinner, Taco Salad dinner. I saved the rest of my friend's food for Brian when he gets home. He likes adventurous stuff.
6:45 pm: I put Sophie to play in the bathtub because she had enjoyed her dinner very much and while she played I cleaned the bathroom.
7:00 pm: the girls were playing nicely in their new play room so I finished organizing the leftovers from the girls room exchange and then cleaned the kitchen.
8:00 pm: I put Sophie to bed and let Emily and Savannah have "book time" on the couch. I started my Arabic homework. I was working through my verbs out loud at the coffee table next to the girls and Savannah finally looked up from her book: "Mommy, could you please stop talking like that, I'm trying to read here."
I put the girls to bed at 8:30 pm, a little earlier than usual tonight. We have had some late nights lately and they are both a little more tired than they usually are.
I finish my homework, Brian came in and we snuggled on the couch for awhile before taking showers and going to bed.
Good day!
I thought it would be fun to post A Day in My Life...
8:20 am: my alarm went off. I pushed "snooze".
8:30 am: got dressed and put on a little makeup
8:45 am: yesterday I made Banana Bread muffins because breakfasts are not easy meal here. So I put a plate of muffins and some yogurt on the table for the girls.
8:55 am: Selawa knocked on the door. She watches the girls while Brian and I have language lessons.
9:00 am: Brian and I walked to class. We have Arabic classes 3 hours each day, 4 days a week. Most of the time we really enjoy them. Occasionally, on days when I am very tired, I count down the final hour. But I feel lucky that I enjoy the classes so much.
12:15 noon: walked home and greeted the girls. Sophie is always very happy to see us when we walk in and I love tiny little baby hugs.
Between then and about 2:00, I chatted with the girls and said "goodbye" to the babysitter. We made and ate lunch and a grocery list for dinner tonight. Brian got a phone call, inviting him to hang out with some friends, so he kissed everyone and left.
2:00 pm: I started school with girls. Savannah is very serious about her preschool work. Emily works through literature, geography, spelling, Shurley English - which she has declared her favorite subject, and math. This year we focused on the basic skeleton, but I'm looking forward to expanding next year. It will be more of a challenge because Savannah will be in Kindergarten and will need more focused time. Right now, I can take turns working with each of them while the other is working on their own. I've already been looking at the catalog and I'm excited about next year, even though it will be more challenging for me.
3:20 pm: Sophie woke up from nap so I got the girls ready to walk to the store. I had planned on walking and using the stroller to carry everything back, but as I was getting things together, I realized that the stroller was still in the back of the car from our excursion on Saturday and I couldn't find the keys. So I put Sophie in the baby back-pack and we started out.
I don't know how Brian carries that baby in that back-pack for hours on end when we are sight-seeing. It was killing me! I must not have had it adjusted correctly for me, because he swears it is comfortable.
I caught a taxi home. So worth it!
4:30 pm: and we are back home and groceries are in the house!
4:32 pm: I got Emily started on math
4:45 pm: I have been toying with the idea of putting Sophie's crib in with Emily and Savannah to sleep. Since they slept very well together for 3 weeks in Jordan, Emily and I decided that now was a good time to take the plunge. Savannah was a great helper as we cleaned out toys and moved the crib. The room that Sophie was in is now the "play room."
They seem to really like the arrangement and I think since they have to be quiet because Sophie is sleeping, that the bigger girls fall asleep faster at night. It also is much better for Sophie's nap time because she is further away from the traffic between the bathroom and the girls room. So far, we like the new arrangement.
5:30 pm: Emily finally finished her math and was playing in the new "play room" with Savannah and Sophie, so I started dinner. We were having taco salad.
At 5:45 pm, my friend Mona, from upstairs brought food down. This was the first time she was in my house and I was excited!
But she calls me "sister" and I need a sister here. So, I eat. And smile. And I tell her what a marvelous cook she is. That is no lie. She makes the best swarmer and mashey I have ever eaten in all of my forays into Middle Eastern food.
At 6:15 pm, the girls and I sat down to eat dinner, Taco Salad dinner. I saved the rest of my friend's food for Brian when he gets home. He likes adventurous stuff.
6:45 pm: I put Sophie to play in the bathtub because she had enjoyed her dinner very much and while she played I cleaned the bathroom.
7:00 pm: the girls were playing nicely in their new play room so I finished organizing the leftovers from the girls room exchange and then cleaned the kitchen.
8:00 pm: I put Sophie to bed and let Emily and Savannah have "book time" on the couch. I started my Arabic homework. I was working through my verbs out loud at the coffee table next to the girls and Savannah finally looked up from her book: "Mommy, could you please stop talking like that, I'm trying to read here."
I put the girls to bed at 8:30 pm, a little earlier than usual tonight. We have had some late nights lately and they are both a little more tired than they usually are.
I finish my homework, Brian came in and we snuggled on the couch for awhile before taking showers and going to bed.
Good day!
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