Tuesday's Blueprint

First unrelated:



I've been on an Allison Weiss kick the last day or so.

Back on topic

I have a plan. Wait first, back story. On Thursday we went to that popular hang out The Jumpy Place. As all kid places are filled with germs, we were bestowed with a cold. Ethan was the one that drew the short straw it seems. So he's been running a fever, snotty and coughing all weekend. And we holed up to keep the cooties to ourselves.

It is Monday night and he's still coughing but otherwise feeling okay. We all have cabin fever. We have not left the house since Thursday evening, not even to get the mail. We MUST get out of this house. So this is where that plan comes in.

I will get up and make my bed.

I will drink a bit glass of water.

I will shower and get dressed.

I will wash dishes then make carrot muffins.

While they are baking I will clean the downstairs, which really isn't much. Just a quick vacuum and wiping down counters. The kidlets will empty the dishwasher for me.

Then we will eat.

After breakfast, the kids will help me clean the upstairs so I can quick vacuum. Make beds.

The kids will get dressed and we will get out of this house. I have been wanting to try out geocaching for a while. So we will. There's one cache in the park near our house that we're going to check out first. Then the kids can goof off near the creek like they always want to. I'll take my ocarina and play songs under a tree.

After we get our fill of being out of the house and pick up our mail on the way back, we'll come home for lunch.

Then we'll have some quiet time, which will probably include a nap for Ethan since his sleep as been horribly screwy with this cold.

Since we have no taekwondo on Tuesdays now, we'll spend the afternoon reading our library books, learning more about the American flag, math problems for the older boys and probably a Leap Frog video for Ethan. Just to make me feel productive for a little while so I don't feel guilty about unschooling the rest of the week. (This is routine, one day of structure and six days of "let's love life and learn along the way." Works for us.)

Then I'm hoping to kick the kids outside until it gets dark. I am hoping that I will be motivated to do some yard work because the weeds have been loving the rain lately...

Then a normal bedtime for everyone. No more being up after midnight (It is 11:30am and Ethan is still awake because he crashed hard late this afternoon.) Hear that? NORMAL BED TIME! Sleep schedule back on track, dang it.

After the kids are in bed I'm going to write up a shopping list and plan for Wednesday that includes a coffee shop stop. Then I will take a bath, read my book then be in bed at 11pm. Do you need me to repeat it? NORMAL BED TIME!

I'm hoping for a phone call in there somewhere from my prince charming. ♥

That is my plan. Let's see if it works out.
Back off topic:

I recorded this today. :D