A Day in the Life of the Coopers

So Today I decided to do a day in the life of the Coopers...well...really me.  It wasn't a completely typical day because today I had a mommy's night out; but you will get the idea!  Some of you already saw most of the photos on my facebook page today but here they are in order and with more explanation.

So our day started at 6:45am.  The kids were all 5 sitting on me, laying on me while I was still trying to catch that extra five precious minutes of sleep that would have made the entire day so much better!  Nathan got up before me and took them to the kitchen to start their breakfast so that I could work on getting out of bed; I am NOT a morning person!!  Once the kids were done eating Nathan got ready for work and I snuggled on the couch with all five of them...and some of them snuggled with each other.......

After about 40 minutes of television and snuggling so mommy could wake up, the television was turned off and all five girls went to their room to play until I was finished getting things together for school.  My sister gave me  a bag full of clothes she was getting rid of and in the bag was a huge soft furry robe, the girls stole it and Hobble-bobble sleeps with it as a blanket now it is so warm and soft.  Anyways Pumpkin and Little Bear came out both in the robe saying they were two headed sisters!  lol

Around 9:30am my sweet Goobies began getting tired and needed to go down for her nap.....

Then it was time to start school!  The babies played with puzzles and colored pictures while Little Bear worked on reading a few more words and writing and Pumpkin worked on her letter to her penpal....

While they were doing their busy work...momma worked too!  I printed, cut and laminated our new chore charts and hung them on the fridge so we could get started on them today.......

Then after school it was time for lunch.  While I cleaned up and put the school stuff away, Pumpkin made peanut butter sandwiches for everyone......

While they ate I started dishes and laundry and explained to them what their afternoon chores were and we got to it.....

After starting laundry I began unloading and loading dishes into the dishwasher but was interrupted when Sweet-pea decided to get a stomach bug and vomit all over the floor!!  So scrubbing the floor became my immediate priority (after her of course)!

Finally after an hour of trying to get the dishes loaded I had an empty sink!!!

Of course the relief of being finished with something didn't last long because when I came around the corner, into the living room I caught Hobble-bobble on the floor pouring out the baby powder all over the carpet!  So again I went scrubbing the floor!

And then left what I didn't get up for the vacuum, when I got to it.  So I then pulled out a few items to make some "respect" bracelets.  I had been having a hard time with the older girls teaching them to have respect for us and doing what we say when we ask, so I got this idea from a fellow homeschool mom's blog called My heart is at home. We did ours a little different, we only have 7 beads and our bracelets actually say RESPECT!

Then before I knew it, it was already 1:30pm!  The girls had finished their daily chores of emptying the bathroom trash, cleaning the bathroom sink, cleaning some of their room, and it was nap/quiet time.  Sweet-pea goes in her bed, Hobble-bobble goes in my bed, and Little Bear and Pumpkin were on the couch and chair looking at books for an hour.

During this hour I took time to re-organize our homeschool cabinet since it was a mess!  The kids get in there so often and pull things out and throw things in that it's just hard to find anything anymore...it was well overdue...  before:

After:

After the big girls were finished with their quiet time they helped me pick up the living room, and I vacuumed the floor....

When I was finished it was 3:00pm and the babies were still sleeping so I got the big girls ready to go outside.  As we were putting our shoes on to head out to play I hear coughing coming from Sweet-pea's room.  I sprinted back the hallway and found her laying sleeping in her own vomit!  It was in her hair under her head, in her ears so she ended up in the bath tub.....

And the big girls were sad because playtime outside had to be cancelled!! :(

But after the bath was finished, we pulled out a game and the girls all played "UNO MOO."  Even Goobies got in on the fun!!

So as they played nicely I received a phone call and felt like I was able to take a minute to talk.  I went into my room and was sitting on the bed.  A few minutes later Sweet-pea came into the room acting upset and whinny.  She pulled and yanked on me until I finally picked her up and sat her on my lap.  And then...yep...she vomited ALL over me!!  So I had another huge bag of laundry to add to my pile and another nice clean up session...

I finally got the kids settled down around 5:00pm with a movie.  No one was vomiting, no one was screaming they were all quiet and watching a movie.

So I went outside and threw some hotdogs on the grill for them for dinner since I wasn't going to be home for dinner tonight....

While I waited for them to cook I let the dog out, and watered the garden.......

Then I told Pumpkin she could come out and water their garden.........

When we finished, I rolled over the hotdogs and went back inside for the remainder of the time they cooked.  When I walked into the living room I saw Sweet-pea sitting on the floor naked trying to change her own diaper!!  LOL....

Once I got her diaper back on her I was relieved to see Nathan come through the door!!  We were ALL happy to see him!!

...but especially me because that meant I was able to finally take a shower!!  So I took a shower, did my hair, make-up, got dressed kissed everyone goodbye and was out the door for mommy's night out with a friend from highschool and two other amazing mothers!!  My friend won a mommy's night out at applebee's with three friends, and she picked ME as one of them!!  I was so honored to go with her!!

Once I found the place over in the west end, we had a great time!  We talked until almost 10:30 and then I was on a mission to get back home.....

Once I got home I talked with Nathan a few minutes and then went in to check on the babies.  They were all sleeping soundly.....

And then I ended the night with checking facebook, and writing this blog at 12:54am!

My evening is completely different!  I am usually on the computer after dinner working on my school work and then in bed by 12am!  Or spending time with Nathan watching a movie.  Anyways so this is a general typical day in our household...so if you were a fly on our wall today this is what you would have saw.  Goodnight!!