Summer is here again, along with the crazy schedule. My teenagers are out and about. DD-19 is staying with her dad in anticipation of going to Rome in August. DS-17 is staying over there as well, working part-time as a tutor. The popped in this past weekend for DS's birthday party. The party turned out well, by the way, except for the record-breaking heat. And I forgot to give out the party favors at the end. Anybody want a sack full of candy/toys?
Tuesdays and Thursdays are busiest because of martial arts classes, so here is a typical Tuesday schedule.
6:45am wake up DS for summer school.
7:15am neighbor picks up DS for summer school.
8:30am Miss I takes boys to preschool.
9-12 shower, pay bills, shopping, cleaning projects.
12:30pm boys and DS arrive home from school.
1:00pm leave house for swim class for 3 boys, leaving baby with miss I.
2:30pm arrive back home
2:45pm drive DS to tutoring service
3:30pm Miss I leaves
4:30pm pick up DS from tutoring service with car full of boys
5:00pm Jujitsu class for DS, need to entertain the boys and baby while we wait
6:00pm end of class, go home and cook dinner
8:00pm "storytime" which consists of reading to the boys individually. For the 9-y-o, also consists of playing a math game to hone math facts, practice reading Hebrew and sounding out words, and he also reads to me one chapter of a chapter book, presently the Bailey School Kids.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
The end-of-the-year scramble
Working hard to keep up with everything over here. I got the father's day gifts/cards together for the most part. But I still need to ask DH about FIL. And a nice wrapped gift is sitting there for my husband, so he can wonder about it all week, he he he.
Swimming is scheduled for the boys, and ds-9 started Jujitsu already. I called the horseback riding place and they will call me back to confirm his classes. We struggle so hard during the year with homework, I have to cram all his outside activities into the summer.
My daughter is taking a semester abroad from mid August to mid December in Rome. There is a UCLA extension-like program over there. I'm nervous to send her out of the country, but I just have to deal with it, ya know?
I sent out invitations for DS-4's 5th birthday party. He wants a bouncer party just like his brother.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Running, running
My schedule really got busy today. Here's how my day went.
6:00am woke up, ate and bathed.
7:30am made lunch and got swim clothes and towel ready for DS8 to go to camp.
7:45am drove DS to camp bus rendezvous.
8:00am fed and dressed both little boys.
8:40am drove with housekeeper to drop off DS4 to first day of preschool. Reminded her to pick him back up at 11:30. Asked her if she would mind, in the meantime, driving DS16 to Knotts by 10:15am for the start of his work shift. She said OK.
9:30am left for work after wolfing down some more food.
10 to 2:30 worked at office and cranked out 4 med-legal reports.
3:15pm went to get oil changed and tires rotated, after the men promised I could get out in time to pick up DS from his camp bus.
4:30pm relieved housekeeper of the kids and paid her 1/2 hour overtime plus gas.
4:45pm picked up DS at camp bus rendezvous.
5:15pm served chicken dinner to 3 youngest.
6:40pm still waiting for call from DS16 that he is done going on rides at Knotts. Today is his first day to actually play and ride the rides. He remembered to bring clothes to change into after his shift.
This is a typical summer day, and it doesn't even involve DD, who will probably have slightly different shift times than her brother. That will cause friction and complaining, of course, when they have to wait for the other so I can pick them both up at once. So things will be getting even busier when she is added to the mix.
I hope this gets easier. DS8 will go to spend 3 weeks with his dad in another 2.5 weeks and that might help the schedule. I'm glad the baby is waiting until November to be born. The school year is so much easier to deal with. :-D
6:00am woke up, ate and bathed.
7:30am made lunch and got swim clothes and towel ready for DS8 to go to camp.
7:45am drove DS to camp bus rendezvous.
8:00am fed and dressed both little boys.
8:40am drove with housekeeper to drop off DS4 to first day of preschool. Reminded her to pick him back up at 11:30. Asked her if she would mind, in the meantime, driving DS16 to Knotts by 10:15am for the start of his work shift. She said OK.
9:30am left for work after wolfing down some more food.
10 to 2:30 worked at office and cranked out 4 med-legal reports.
3:15pm went to get oil changed and tires rotated, after the men promised I could get out in time to pick up DS from his camp bus.
4:30pm relieved housekeeper of the kids and paid her 1/2 hour overtime plus gas.
4:45pm picked up DS at camp bus rendezvous.
5:15pm served chicken dinner to 3 youngest.
6:40pm still waiting for call from DS16 that he is done going on rides at Knotts. Today is his first day to actually play and ride the rides. He remembered to bring clothes to change into after his shift.
This is a typical summer day, and it doesn't even involve DD, who will probably have slightly different shift times than her brother. That will cause friction and complaining, of course, when they have to wait for the other so I can pick them both up at once. So things will be getting even busier when she is added to the mix.
I hope this gets easier. DS8 will go to spend 3 weeks with his dad in another 2.5 weeks and that might help the schedule. I'm glad the baby is waiting until November to be born. The school year is so much easier to deal with. :-D
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