A Day In The Life Of A SAHM

I would just like everyone to know a typical day in the life of a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom.) It is hard for all you Mommies out there who think you are alone and no one appriciates you. You are not alone (unless I am?! lol) and no one can say we don't have a "real job!" Let's take a walk in a typical Denise day.

6:55am. Get up shower, get dressed, get Alora dressed, pack up for work and head out by 7:25am.

7:30  Driving to work Alora starts crying she wants to watch Harry Potter. Sorry kid but we watch Harry Potter 4736529 times in the car in the past week I want the radio to hear the weather. Arrive at DD's for some coffee and Alora's peanut butter bagel.

8:00am Arrive at work to 2 girls not dressed yet not fed yet usually vegging on the sofa no big deal. Talk to mom she is gone by 8:10 at the latest I find both girls clothes, shoes, back packs feed them breakfast, brush their hair, find coats and have them loaded up in the car (all 3 girls now mind you) by 8:42am to make it to the bus stop by 8:45am bus comes.
Driving again with the babies have to be at school soon rush there.
9:00am drop the babies off for two hours of preschool.

9:05am till 11:25am I run errands shopping bills bank anything.

11:30am Pick the babies up.

12:00pm get home start lunch that takes some times while the girls are running around lunch is made as they are screaming that is not what they want for lunch that I am a bad Mommy etc.

12:15pm they are done eating because god forbid I have time to pee. They start playing which I play with them. Anything from tea party to barbies to painting.

1-1:25pm they being 3 are exhausted! So I lay them on the sofa and give them a movie. I finally get to pee and catch up on FB and my blogs. OH LOOK one has to go to the potty. Oh the other wants popcorn, go make that. Oh you have to pee now go do that. Oh the movie is skipping ok I will fix that.

Oh look it is 2:30om the second oldest boy gets off the bus with an hour of homework that he always cries over (as does EVERY kid) so I am sitting there while the other two babies are ripping apart the house. Do homework.

Oh crap it is 2:50 stop your home work girls get in the car! Where are your socks and shoes? Girls let's go! No boy there is no toys in the car right now. No just leave your home work. GOD GUYS WE ARE LATE GET YOUR BUTTS IN THE CAR!

3:00pm thank god middle child's school is two streets over we made it get her pick her up and head back home where there is more home work.
Girls go off house is crazy again.

3:45pm FINALLY done with home work. Time to clean up. We all pitch in turn on the music dance and clean up do the dishwasher the laundry clean the play rooms get babies to go potty set up a quiet activity and oh look! It is now...

5pm. Their dad gets home I leave with my daughter get home by...

5:45 Louise needs to go out Robert is excited I am home already has his home work done I start dinner.

6:30 dinner is usually done Kieren (amazing husband) gets the kids up and fed and then after dinner it is bath story and such.

7:30 Alora's bed time . read books tuck her in fight with her EVERY night since she is hating to sleep right now she finally passes out at 8:15ish.

8:30 starting again Robert goes to bed argues for an hour constantly coming into our room he forgot this he didn't say this OH one more thing!

9:30pm OH LOOK HUSBAND THERE YOU ARE!? I love you...
Finally time to my self...

10pm. BED finally.

Anyone who has never been a mom doesn't know half the stuff we go threw every day! We wouldn't change a thing and hardly ever complain (we all complain at some point.)  You get peed on, you get screamed at, you get home work, mcas, ballet, karate and CRAZINESS. Just because I don't stalk shelves or put files away doesn't mean I am not exhausted. Try my job!