settling in

after a short week, it seems we have settled into a schedule:

Morning
• 07:00: wake up, roll over, listen for the boys, wonder what time it is.
• 07:02: boys come into my room and bring their stuffed animals to me for the day's keeping
• 07:07: brush teeth, get dressed, bathroom routine, waking up conversations
• 07:17: breakfast and table talk
• 07:37: pack up backpacks with lunches and folders
• 07:45: find shoes and socks
• 07:50: put on shoes and socks
• 08:00: hugs and kisses on the way out the door with the car pool.

Afternoon
• 15:45: make snacks for the table
• 16:00: receive jax and boys to table and snacks and conversation
• 16:20: wave good-bye to jax
• 16:25: check folders for notes and homework
• 16:30: homework or playtime (typically also when Tiger checks his email)
• 18:15: make dinner
• 18:30: set table and serve dinner
• 18:45: eat dinner and talk
• 19:15: clear table and do dished
• 19:30: bath routine
• 20:00: reading time
• 21:00: lights out

is it nutsy that i feel comforted by this routine? is it even more nutsy that the children are? in any case, it is working and i feel more freedom than i have in quite some time. i'm looking forward to finding a job from 08:15 to 15:45 so i can continue this schedule even while working. i truly enjoy sending the children off and receiving them each day. perhaps it is the old-fashioned training we all received, but it feels wholesome and right.