Sketches of Life|Life Lived in Simplicity

530am – Wakey! Wakey! Take a peep at the PC to check whether got urgent emails or assignment to be completed like this project management software. Then iron uniforms if not done during the night. Wash and refill children’s water bottles. Line up their uniforms, stokins, and underwears on the chair. Arrange eldest girl school books according to the timetable.

6.15am – Wake the girls up. While they get ready, I prepare a quick breakfast for them.

6.30am – Prepare a bottle of milk for my 4yo boy. Wake him up then let him drink. Once he is done, help him to brush his teeth and dress up. Then I tie my girls hair.

6.45am-7.15am – They eat their breakfast and play outdoor while I put the laundry in the washing machine.

7.15am – Off to school

7.20am – Reached school, send eldest girl to her class, help her hand up her homeworks and peep others homework too; if they do something wrong or miss out some words, get them to correct it.

7.30am – Leave the school compound and wait for the kindy teachers to arrive. While waiting my 6yo and 4yo will run and play at the school field. I am so tempted to join them running but I worried the principal will come running after me!

7.45am – The kindy teachers come, send them to their class and I head home.

7.50am-8.30am – Boil water, get all the cooking stuff ready, wash last night dishes and blog if got time.

8.30-9.30am – Cooking time!

9.30am – Hang bajus. By the time I am done, baby will wake up. Feed baby his breakfast and play with him. Get hubby’s lunch and dinner box filled.

10am – Hubby leaves for work. Take a walk outside with Baby.

1030am- Bathe Baby. Then put him to bed again. Sometimes I will doze off together with him.

12noon – Fetch my children from kindy. Send them to my mom’s for lunch. I go back home to feed baby his lunch.

1.35pm – Fetch eldest girl then come home to let her change and I bring in my laundry.

2pm – To my mom’s for lunch and bring the rest back home.

3pm-5pm – Either nap time or homework time.

5pm-7pm – Playtime.

7pm – Dinner.

7.30pm – Bathing.

8.30-9pm – Get all my school going children to bed. If they nap, then this will be homework time and they will go to bed by 10.30pm.

9pm-10.30pm – Baby naps. If not he will accompany me fold bajus.

10.30pm – Bedtime for me and Baby.

12.30am – Hubby comes home and sometimes I will wake up to spend sometime with him.

2.30am – Sleep!

The sweeping will come in between when Baby is not glued to me and willing to sit in his walker. The mopping when I don’t cook or when the children spilled something on the floor. Just let Baby cry in his walker lar if no choice. Or when hubby is around when his part-time staff can come in to work in the morning or evening. This seldom happens though.

Raking the leaves outdoor, washing the verandah and car porch; I can’t do it while carrying baby, he is too heavy now. So, close both eyes lar. I can’t leave Baby all alone in the house. When I am outside, my other 3 will surely come along.

Sometimes I nap with them and sometimes I don’t if I have pending housework to be done. When I don’t nap I get stress up over little things due to lack of sleep especially when I sleep at 2.30am!

On days when I am not too tired, I’ll pop in hubby’s shop to relief him for an hour or two while he takes a walk outside and bath.

On Wednesday and Friday, I will leave my other 3 with my mom while I send my eldest girl for her dance and arts class.

When I need to run errand for hubby, I’ll do it after all of them come home from school and leave them at my mom’s.

Thank God that that my mom lives nearby me.