A Typical Atypical day

5:30 - Wake up, stumble out of bed

5:45 - Impale foot on some sort of spiky toy left out by one of the kids.

5:45 and 3 seconds - Stifle yell while balancing on non throbbing foot

6:00 - Make coffee which I no longer really need due to the red welt on the bottom of my foot

6:15 - Listen to daily scripture readings while preparing breakfast

7:00 - Wake kids

7:30 - Wake kids again

8:00 - Feed kids breakfast

8:15 - Clean up the cereal Raphael has chosen to wear on his head.

8:30 - Morning chores

9:00 - School starts

9:15 - Explain to the kids (again) that studying latin is a good foundation for learning other languages

9:30 - Tell the kids that it is NOT time to play the Wii...and that no Wii bowling will not count as Phys. Ed.

10:00 - Find the meatball that rolled off the plate last week

11:00 - Stop Nathan from gouging Raphael's eyes out with some ninja like maneuver he learned watching Power Rangers with his older brothers.

12:00 - Start lunch

12:05 - Stop fight over who gets to use the "wheelie" chair

1:00 - Resort to arbitration as to who gets to wash and who gets to dry.

2:00 - Hit the wall. Tell kids to watch a movie...something educational.....they end up watching zaboombafoo. Leave bigger kids in charge.

2:01 - Take a nap while they are watching zaboombafoo.

2:40 - Bigger kids send almost two year old to wake you up....by "patting" you on the face....

2:41 - Little kids then jump on you to ask you if they can watch another episode.

2:45 - Tell big kids to write a research report on the animals they talked about on zaboombafoo. Whining ensues.

3:30 - School day ends.

3:35 - Tell the kids to play out side

5:00ish - Dinner

6:00 dance/ aikido/ meetings depending on any given night.

8:30 - Night time prayers / little kids bedtime

9:00 - big kids bed time

10:00 - lights out

10:05 - Issue warnings.....

10:10 - Administer discipline

11:00 - Bed. Bliss.

TiPSI Dad