A Day in the Life

WAKEUP

nurse Tate

put on coffee

unload dishes

make breakfast

eat breakfast

cleanup breakfast

load dishes

sweep floor in kitchen

vacuum carpet

change Tate

change self

wash our hands, brush our teeth. forget hair.

make bed

read books to Tate

play in tunnel with Tate

make lentils for dinner tonight while playing music and dancing with Tate

nurse Tate

put Tate down for nap

clean bathtub

wash windows/mirrors

put on 2 loads of laundry

check email

do pilates! yay!

start to shower...hear Tate waking up

QUICK! SHOWER!

nurse Tate

make lunch for self, Tate

eat lunch

clean up lunch

load dishes

change Tate

take Tate to Children's Museum

chase Tate

chase Tate

chase Tate

chase Tate

kiss Tate's cheek after he falls

laugh at Tate

be proud of Tate

take cell phone pics of Tate

don't correct people when they say how beautiful SHE is. whatever.

run to car with Tate in torrential downpour

go to toy store

warn Tate about stairs

buy wooden push toys and 2 more pacifiers, just in case

sing to Tate in car to Professor Banjo, who rules

play with Tate's new push toy all over house. it won't work.

color picture for Mimi and Pops with Tate

throw crayons around house

pick crayons up

tape box of crayons that Tate has ripped open and is frustrated about because they keep spilling

please don't color on walls, color on paper. please.

chop sweet potatoes, apples

feed Tate apples

laugh

turn on Rebirth, dance with Tate and apples

unload dishes

set table

wait for dada

DADA!!

dada fixes toy

eat dinner, love wine

go to farmer's market

buy rhubarb, strawberries

go on swings with dada, Tate

pet puppies

eat hazelnut icecream

play with car windows. up and down, up and down.

naked baby time!!

bath time

naked baby time, part II!!

nurse Tate

sing to Tate

nigh-night, Tate

load dishes

take out garbage, paper recycling, glass recycling, compost. OCD Portland.

make rhubarb crisp

fold 2 loads of laundry

move couch downstairs with Chad

tend to compost bin

kill slugs that are destroying kale

put new sheets on bed

make butternut squash casserole

unload dishes

spill olive oil on carpet. curse quietly. consider rubbing it in with foot. feel ashamed.

clean up olive oil.

If you're wondering what it's like to be a stay at home mama, here's a sample day.

And here we are. 9:51pm. Am hoping to read from 10:20-10:30, and then fall fast asleep.