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Planned vs. Actual Day

Thought I'd share the plan I follow for our days, with accompanying examples, as necessary, of how it plays out in reality.  Disclaimer: The times we follow are obviously what work for our family and in no way an implication that everyone should do likewise.

5:30 - Up to pray and exercise  (reality check: some days it's 5:00, some days it's 6:30, sometimes I have great prayer times, sometimes I have great exercise, sometimes I have great sleep )

6:30 - Start laundry and/or shower, and make bed

7:00 - Kids up - They must wash up, dress, make bed, quick-straighten room, feed & water dogs and chickens before breakfast.

7:30 - Breakfast - I have a scheduled rotation of breakfasts to avoid morning brain activity and so that Husband or I (or kids as they get older) can easily get breakfast on. I can post this if requested.  (It's pretty fun!)

8:00 - Family Devotion - Husband leads story/discussion and prayer often including a favorite guest of the kids, a sock puppet named Lonefeather.

8:30 - Housekeeping Chores - I have divided our house into 5 areas; we work as a team, covering one area per day with kids doing age-appropriate chores in that area.  It's brief, but keeps the house tidy, with deeper cleans happening when company is coming.  (reality check: kids do their chores virtually without fail, but mine often get done later in the day or combined with the next days as I get caught with baby duty, or kitchen clean-up, or extra laundry, or bread-baking, or pre-meal-prep or          , or         , or          ...)

9:00 - Begin school work ...

I will continue next time with more of our day and specifics about our schooling schedule.  Right now, gotta go!

Breakfast plan...

{ 09:57, Wednesday, May 23, 2007 } { Posted by mulberrylane }

I'd love to see your breakfast plan. I've done some before and It does help out... just fell off the bandwagon... maybe you will inspire me! LOL
Warmly, Melissa