I love mornings. I love waking up to face the day with a big bowl of organic, free-range lucky charms and a steaming cup of the good stuff. I love the way it makes me feel after a great night of uninterrupted sleep; alive, alert, renewed! I ask myself: What can I do with this day!
Usually I start by making a list. A color coordinated list. Then I slip on my skinny jeans, Anthropologie shirt, and get down to business. I tackle the housework, wash the baby’s smelly parts, practice the piano, iron and fold the laundry, and reorganize my kitchen cupboards.
Lunch is a no brainer. I eat a banana and the baby eats the same. We sit and smile at each other. He never cries.
Once he’s down for his daily three hour afternoon nap, I get out my yoga mat and do whatever you’re supposed to do on a yoga mat. I thoughtfully answer emails, work on my book, pay the bills, knit… Sometimes I allow myself to read in my spare time; since I’m a stay-at-home mom, I have a lot of it.
When the baby is up and fed, he sits quietly on the floor and arranges his toys alphabetically while I start a dinner usually consisting of lentils. Before my husband gets home, I make sure to slip into something aesthetically pleasing and style my hair accordingly. I use hairspray.
After dinner we sit around the table and talk about important things while the baby listens attentively. We use words like suppositionally and pontificate. It just happens.
When the baby falls asleep I clean up the dishes, tidy the house, and study my camera manual. I never turn on the TV. When it’s time for bed, I brush my teeth for a full three minutes and then fall into a deep, 8 hour sleep until morning.
And that’s how we do it here in the Baer house. The End.
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Uh huh.
Ha, ha. I am coming to live with you!
I understand!!!
why yes, that is exactly how our days go as well. don’t you just love all that spare time of being a stay at home mom?
It’s the best.
Sounds pretty typical. But what about your 2 hours of silent devotions? Forgot to mention that? I figured.
Totally slipped my mind.
You think you have spare time as a stay-at-home mom, you wouldn’t believe the amout of spare time I have as a working mom, oodles and oodles. I get the luxury of leaving my child with care takers all day. My life is even more perfect than yours. Oh and after dinner we don’t just use words like pontificate, we actually solve world problems and single handedly erradicate poverty.
Shannon…this isn’t about you. I’m afraid you missed the point, dear.
No, Shannon very much did get the point.
Kate mentions nothing about working mothers and their plight. This is about SAHMs. So for Shannon to basically butt in to say, “You think you’re busy and have it bad? Try being a working mom!” is quite rude and uncalled for. Especially since Shannon (according to her blog) has a full time job PLUS a blog and Etsy shop on her plate. Maybe it would help her motherly “plight” if she cut some of those extras out. Or maybe it’s those 8 hours at her job which allow her the down time to have a blog and an online business? How relaxing!
Tammy, so sorry to offend you, I was actually having an incredibly hard day leaving my son. I wish I could be at home with him. And then my dear friend here wrote a fall to the floor laughing hilarious post and I decided to be a bit snarky back.
I intended no criticism towards stay-at-home moms (as I hope to be one someday) and in no way was I trying to make this about myself. Hopefully when Kate read my comment, she knows me well enough to laugh.
Um, I love this.
Oh no, we NEVER turn on our TV either… Never.
Still laughing about organic, free-range lucky charms.
Glad to hear you are still practicing the piano…
I still have my little composer statues we got as prizes! (See: Hoarder)
Was that commenter above Mary Wilkinson??
Aw, remember how Mrs. Moyer always gave us little busts of famous composers? I still have those.
Also- I really did make something with lentils last week. Sam is still feeling the effects from all of the fiber.
I should go- have to sqeeze in some pilates while the baby naps!
It so was! I am cracking myself up thinking about the three of us sitting on the bench in a row at our piano recitals. I always wore a dress.
Yes, yes–back to pilates.
LOL! That sounds exactly like my day too. Only I practice the violin ;)
I laughed at I used hairspray. This is good stuff. :)
You crack me up. I am a new follower and kind of believed you until I got to the yoga mat part. I was like “crap, skinny jeans + an Anthro shirt, all before lunch? Unfollow.”
Totally.
Opposite day!
My baby never cry too :)
taking care of 4 kids is easy as pie.
um.
well, have you seen The Help?
Oh Karen, that was a funny one.
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