I’ve officially been a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom) for just over a month now. I’m an instructor at our local college, but have the summers off. I remember my very first totally free day after school was over… I said, “what are we going to do?!?!” And by “we,” I meant me and Ryan!
I’m the type of person that totally needs structure and schedule. Otherwise I never do anything… it’s so easy for me to get in a rut and just want to sit. Especially when I’m totally exhausted all the time by my energetic-monster-toddler and current pregnancy.
I thought I’d have more free time, but I have less. Bloggy work is so much harder now because I’m home alone all day with Ryan and he does not like it for a SECOND when I’m on the computer!
Soo… I’m trying (really hard, I swear!) to keep myself on a schedule. A cleaning, cooking, playing, blogging schedule. I try to go somewhere with Ryan in the mornings, get home for nap time, then do things around the house in the afternoon. It goes something like this:
Mondays: grocery store, cook, vacuum
Tuesdays: pool, leftovers, clean
Wednesdays: park?, cook, errands
Thursdays: gym (tot gym.. for Ryan… not a gym for me, hahaha), maybe cook, clean
Fridays: fun day. who knows.
Every day: laundry. Lots of laundry, all the time. Doing the dishes, cleaning the kitchen….
I have a few BIG tasks I want to get done this summer too. I want to finish “Ryan’s room,” which still needs old wallpaper glue scraped off the walls (WHO WANTS TO HELP?!!?!) and the walls to be painted. I want to work on some online ideas I’ve had for awhile… and clear out our house of JUNK. Steve and I just have too much stuff and I’m ready to declutter. Especially because we’re moving in a few months.
I love being a stay-at-home-mom right now, but I can say that it’s definitely harder. Going to work for a few hours a day was definitely my break that kept my sanity. Does that mean that some days, now that I’m not working, I go insane? Yes. That’s exactly what it means. That’s why I try to get out of the house at least once a day!
It doesn’t matter where we go… we just need OUT! Whether it’s running errands, grocery shopping, going to the park or pool for an hour, taking a walk…
So that’s definitely one thing I love about this summer. I don’t think I’ve ever spent as much time outside! Ryan absolutely loves being outside and so do I–although it may be time to invest in some anti aging skincare products from all this sun, hahaha. (I probably should have started that years ago, right?)
Being outside with Ryan every day means I get to be a kid again… playing in the sprinkler, getting in a kiddie pool, drawing with chalk, smelling the flowers, swinging on swings and going down slides… what do you love to do outside with your kids?
I was feeling tired and overwhelmed when I started this post… but after writing about what fun we have and about being a kid again, I feel so much better! I’m ready to get back outside with Ryan, haha. That’s why I love this blog 😉
*yes this post contains a paid link & now I can go buy more sidewalk chalk & pool toys for the little man 😉
My kids love being outside but it gets kind of limited as to what we can do in the summer with temps as hot as they are here. Lots of splash park fun and swimming for us though! We just have to make sure we go in the morning before it’s a bazillion degrees out.
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We got Mason a kiddie pool like this one {http://www.amazon.com/Intex-117—53-Inch-Rainbow-Center/dp/B000KI111Y/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1309299538&sr=8-5} and he LOVES it! So that’s pretty much our favorite thing to do!
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babydickey Reply:
June 28th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
omgosh I love that pool! I must have it!
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We love going to the pool! It is soo hot here so we go to the park in the mid morning then are home for lunch and naps and then have a little bit of outside play in the early evenings. Boys need to be outside!
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I’ve always been a SAHM, I fail at routines and schedules!
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babydickey Reply:
June 28th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
lolol right now I’d say I’m failing too… but I’m trying! kind of.. 😉
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My daughter and I are ALWAYS outside on the weekends. We are either swimming, at the zoo, at the park, or on a walk. She just loves it so I can totally relate!
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How’s that schedule going for you, Emily? 🙂
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babydickey Reply:
June 28th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
lol shush!
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🙂 you are too cute!
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I am sooooo bad at schedules! I told my kids we were going to school through the summer and we have not done a very good job at it! We have probably done school for a total of a week the whole month of June. My kids are outside every day with the kids in the neighborhood. We have the playset in our yard, so that’s where everyone comes to play! 🙂
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We like to sit indoors and watch Elmo on YouTube. No joke. Only cuz it’s hot outside and Madilyn’s blow up pool flew away in a storm last week. BOO! 🙂
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I love to go to the park, especially when we’re the only ones there. Then, I’ll get on the slides with them and run around, too. Sorta hard to do when there are too many little ones running around.
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