Groundhog Day

Wake up (one or more kids may beat the alarm to do this)
Wake Skyler up (if necessary); Chase usually already up
Prepare lunch for Skyler (and Chase on M, T, TH)
Fix breakfast for Skyler and Chase

Get Evan--crying heard in monitor

Change Evan's diaper/clothes (usually involves chasing around the house)

Evan bottle #1
Unload dishwasher
Prepare bottles for the day
Get Skyler and Chase to finish breakfast/brush up/get dressed
Skyler to school
Chase to school
Feed Evan breakfast (mealtimes involve much coaxing these days)
Playtime with Evan (and keeping him from recklessly hurting himself)
Pick up Chase from school
Come home, wash hands (can take monumental effort to get Chase to do this and Evan to stop)
Prepare/feed Chase lunch, if no lunch bunch
Evan bottle #2
Put Evan down for nap
Playtime with Chase
Evan up--lunchtime
Shoes on/bundle up boys
Pick up Skyler from school
Come home, wash hands
Snack for older kids
Evan bottle #3
Help Skyler with homework (while keeping boys busy/quiet as possible)
Cook dinner
Serve dinner to older kids
Evan bottle #4
Nag kids to finish dinner
Feed Evan dinner; dessert for older kids (sometimes)
Playtime/storytime for all
Kurt home (if he doesn't have to work late); general frenzy occurs
Evan bottle #5
Bedtime routine for Evan, night-night
Bedtime routine for Skyler and Chase, night-night
Prep clothes for next day
Finish cleaning up dishes, load dishwasher
Wash bottles, microsteam
Prep lunch boxes
(At some point during the last 3 steps, send Skyler back up to bed; repeat if necessary)
Chat with Kurt, email, "me" time (these days, blogging)
Bedtime---5-6 hours of sleep (uninterrupted sometimes, if lucky!)

Repeat
Repeat
Repeat

(Okay, to be fair, this schedule has fluctuated over time, like when a child drops a nap, or decreases in feedings.  But the general M.O. over the last 6+ years:  create input, clean up output. Add to that a whole lot of hugs and kisses and a little bit of discipline, and you've got my SAHM life in a nutshell!)

"Good morning, Evan!  Good morning, Ellie!"
 Lately, the lights are on when I enter the room.

We do a.m. brushing in the main level powder room for convenience .

Whew!  All bundled up and ready to go. 

Falafel, strawberries and pineapple.
Yummy and really messy/crumbly.

In and out, in and out...such is the life of Child #3

Pick-up at Chase's school.  

Pick-up at Skyler's school.

Homework, Monday-Thursday nights.

Incidentally, Punxsutawney Phil failed to see his shadow today, predicting an early spring.  Sounds great to me.  Thanks, Punxsutawney Phil!