Evening Routine

Here is our normal evening routine:

Florrie and I pick Jacks up at 3:30pm from preschool. 

He's normally tired and very hungry!!! So when we get home I give him a snack straight away. We had to walk the dogs today so he had a bar to take with him. 

When we got back today, I put on the telly for the kids, although only Jacks tends to watch it (Florrie just plays and potters around). 

Tonight's dinner was an easy one; pasta pesto and corn on the cob, which they had at around 4:45pm. I would say 75% of the time, we eat the same meals as the kids but tonight Chris and I had Gnocci using the same pesto, hence why the kids had pasta pesto too. They probably would have eaten the same meal but Im not sure how nice it would have been re-heated for us!

For pudding they had tangerines. 

After dinner, we normally have another little play, before heading up for a bath at 5:45pm. On Mondays, I like them to be in bed early as they are knackered from the weekend and from a day at preschool. 

Bath time is probably both of their favourite times of day, they are such waterbabies! 

Either just before or during bath time, Chris tends to get home, so I will get the kids PJ's out and make sure their rooms are ready for bed. I also try to sort out any washing or any other little jobs up stairs. 

We both tend to get the kids ready for bed and one of us reads them a story. Normally both in bed by 7pm. 

Once they are in bed we head downstairs, tidy up, and start on our dinner. The living room wasn't too bad today but I think that's because Jackson was too tired to get all of the toys out! Florence normally plays with a few toys at a time so didn't have too many to put away. 

After dinner, we do any jobs that need to be done and then relax in front of the telly. Tonight we had the joys of cleaning under the sofa and then mopping. I try to do this every few months so that the dust and toys don't build up too much. 

When we are chilling on the sofa, both of us normally get our laptops out and go through any 'life admin' that needs to be done (paying for the kids activities, Christmas shopping, etc.). 

I am normally in bed by 10pm and Chris about 11pm. 

Love Sophia xxx