A Day in the Life of the McClartys Summer 2016

So I tend to be very detailed with these, if you just want to scroll through and look at pictures you'll get the gest. Basically Jon works a lot in the Summer, Kieran is at the age where he gets upset frequently, Reed can be helpful when he wants, and everyone is sleeping better than we were a few months ago but we are still not a home of "good sleepers."

4:50 My alarm goes off and I get up and put on my running clothes.

5:00 Kieran is yelling for me, so I go into his room tuck him back in, and he goes back to sleep.

5:05 I leave to go running

5:30 K is awake and yelling for me again, Jon gets up and takes him to go potty. Jon forgot that his Tot Clock doesn't change colors until 6:00 and he's supposed to stay in his room until then so he makes him breakfast (whole wheat cinnamon raisin roll, strawberries, hemp milk)

6:00 I get home and Jon heads back to bed for a few minutes. Kieran hangs out with me while I do an arm workout. When I turn on the DVD he starts crying because the girl is not wearing a green top and then decides to play with some toys.

6:15 I finish the workout and Reed wakes up. The boys start playing ninja turtles while I clean out the dishwasher. I remind Reed a couple times he probably should go potty.

6:22 Reed pops up and declares that he has to go pee "so bad" and shuffles to the bathroom holding himself. I feed Dodger, water our potted plants, clean up the dining room from Sunday dinner with the Grandparents, and pull out clothes for the boys

6:40 - Jon hasn't emerged so I go back to check on him and find that he's still asleep (usually he leaves for work by now) so I wake him up. Reed says he's not hungry for breakfast yet so I make our bed, start laundry, and give Reed his nasal spray and inhaler.

6:55 Reed sits down to breakfast (he has the same thing as Kieran did). K has a fit because I won't make him his own oatmeal until he eats more of the breakfast Dad made him (I do offer to share my oatmeal but this is unacceptable). Jon says a hurried goodbye to us. Reed does some reverse psychology saying that he'll eat K's breakfast which immediately leads to K gobbling up more of his food.

7:10 I wipe Reed's hands and mouth and tell him to get dressed. I wipe K up and get him dressed. The boys play more while I do dishes and check my work email.

7:25 We head out to walk Dodger

7:55 We are back from our walk, and K pees outside

8:00 I move clothes to the dryer, start the movie Frozen for the boys, then I get in the shower

8:10 I'm out of the shower, Reed wants to play an app and K wants to watch Peppa Pig - so I hand over my phone so they can do both

8:25 I'm done getting ready so I pack our bag for the day, put clothes in washer, brush the boys teeth, Reed goes potty, and I put hair gel in his hair. I tell them we can play Ninja Turtles for 5 minutes, but then we have to leave.

8:35 I take K to go potty and Reed gets his shoes on. I load the kids into the car to take Reed to school.

8:55 K and I walk to Family Dollar to do some Fun Day shopping, on the way we run into the Rodriguez Family taking Connor to school - Kieran is very excited by this!

9:15 We walk back to the car, K requests Starbucks, I offer the park, he chooses Starbucks so I agree. I get him a breakfast sandwich and convince him we should go to the nursery to looks for some plants by telling him they have coi fish he can feed, then I immediately remember they are closed on Mondays - now Kieran is upset he doesn't get to see the fish

9:55 Instead we head to Kmart hoping their garden department might have what I need - they have some but not all of what I need, but it's not a total loss.

10:15 We get back in the car and I check my email, I call into office to help with something, and then we head home

10:30 - We are home but Kieran has fallen asleep in the car. I let him sleep while I unload plants and switch around laundry. I wake him up and take him to go potty. Then we plant flowers and work in the vegetable garden. He gets to pick and eat a strawberry as a treat.

11:15 We get water and K plays out in the side yard while I take care of some work stuff

11:40 K goes potty and then we get in the car to pickup Reed. Reed is super excited about his day and talks all the way home

12:10 We are home. I make our lunches. Reed chooses avocado and chicken with corn tortillas and hemp milk. K chooses a sun butter and jelly sandwich with broccoli and hemp milk

12:35 Kieran spills milk everywhere so I strip him down and clean up the mess. Reed is done so he and Kieran play while I finish cleaning the spill and do dishes. I text my Mom and Jon about a visit to the cabin in a few weeks, put K's laundry away, and change the sheets on Reed's bed

1:00 I tell K it's time for his nap and take him to go potty, we read a story with Reed then I lay with Kieran for a few minutes while Reed finds something for us to do.

1:15 I fix a work problem and then Reed informs me he has decided on chocolate chips and car racing, this sounds good to me.

1:30 K is yelling he has to poop, so I take him to the bathroom

1:43 Kieran is back in his bed so Reed and I finish our car racing game. He goes potty and then I set him up for his quiet time - the plan is for him to clean up his Legos today during quiet time.

1:50 I put laundry away and pick up a bit around the house.

2:05 Kieran is finally asleep (wearing his hulk hand).  I keep putting laundry away and pay some bills

2:25 Reed seems awfully quiet so I check on him and find him sleeping. This rarely happens but it is usually fine if it does, however I know getting him up for swim lessons is going to be a nightmare! I take advantage of the peace and work on our annual photo album.

2:50 I wake Reed up and, as expected, he's not happy. We manage to get the crying under control and I have him go potty and put sunscreen and his swimsuit on.

3:10 Morgan arrives for swim lessons and we convince Reed to take the lesson and try to have fun even though he's still in a terrible mood.

3:35 - I come back in and wake Kieran. We do the same process - potty, swimsuit, sunscreen but on the way out to watch Reed he declares he needs to poop so I take him to the bathroom.

3:55 K and I go out to the pool to watch Reed's "grand finale" He's being a pill and not listening well so K starts his lesson and I head inside with Reed. We have a talk about behavior and come to an understanding that he will not be getting his lollipop treat today.

4:15 Reed gets an applesauce and spoon out for a snack. I chop zucchini for dinner then we work together to clean his room and living room

4:40 Reed and I go out to the pool to watch Kieran's grand finale then we all say goodbye to Morgan and Kieran gets a lollipop

4:55 I start working on dinner while the boys play with the iPad

5:10 I say iPad time is over and a fight occurs. The boys play Turtles while I keep cooking. I play with them for a few minutes between stirring and chopping, but they really have no interest in playing with me so I leave them be and clean up the pool area

5:40 They set the table together and then both go potty. Then I have them work on a craft project at the counter.

6:00 We sit down to dinner (pork loin, pilaf, and sautéed zucchini), Jon gets home a few minutes later and joins us. We talk about our days and Jon gets a few text messages because we are still packing plums for the day and the guys have questions.

6:40 The boys head back for bath time with Jon. He also gives Reed his allergy medicine and inhaler, gets them in their pajamas, and brushes their teeth. I do dishes, feed Dodger, and finally put away the rest of the laundry

7:00 Jon sets up the show Tumbleleaf, for them on the TV, turns on his work computer to check on some orders, and then the two of us play a few rounds of Tetris

7:30 We take the boys back to go potty, then read books, and tuck them in.

7:45 Both boys are in bed trying to go to sleep, Jon checks on some orders again, then we play more Tetris.

8:20 Reed is asleep. Jon gets a phone call from our shipping department but it is an easy answer and he's off the phone quickly.

8:30 Kieran is asleep. Jon and I watch an episode of Mr. Robot and then call it a night ourselves around 10:00.

  

2016 4th of July Celebrations

Fourth of July was once again a two night celebration this year. On the 3rd we went to the Parkinsons for swimming, pizza, more swimming, dessert, and the high school fireworks show. Reed was great when we were in the pool and then seemed off the rest of the night. I think he was honestly just so excited about fireworks that he didn't want to talk to anyone or really play with the other kids which is definitely not the norm. The boys loved the fireworks show and I think would have happily sat through another 45 minutes of fireworks even though it was 3 hours past their usual bedtime when we finally put them to bed!

The next day we headed to the Suemotos house. Laurie and Russell grilled a bunch of meat and everyone brought salads and desserts. The boys were in the pool almost the entire afternoon and evening and I can't even tell you how many times Reed jumped off the diving board and swam to the edge of the pool - so neat to see his progression this summer!!! Kieran was all about racing and wanted me to hold him while we kicked together, needless to say I got quite the workout myself! The adults even got in on the racing action and I took it so seriously I made Reed lend me his swim shirt so I could give the race my all without worrying about what was going on with my top. We left a little after bedtime, not wanting to mess with their schedules too horribly two nights in a row but they were bummed to leave and I think next year we'll probably stick it out for another round of fireworks. All in all, definitely the most relaxed and fun 4th we've had since becoming parents.