Food and sleep.

I feel like it is what I deal with all day long. Food. It is my main job- feeding my family.

The breakfast plan I wrote about earlier is really working. I don't need to figure out what to make each day, so I can just be prepared the night before. I try to make the batter, etc. beforehand. Yesterday afternoon I made muffins for this morning's breakfast.

I feel that now my kids are in public school, I am no longer in charge of their education, so I need to do what I can to support them in their work at school. Part of that is making sure they are well fed. They have been so hungry! I try to feed them hearty food that will stick with them throughout their day. I pack them lunches four day a week. They are allowed to choose one school lunch a week.

I seem to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Fixing food and cleaning up. (Sometimes I skip the cleanup until the next meal. It is the only way I get a chance to do something else, like read a magazine, ha ha.)

The other area I am trying to work on to support the kids in their school day is making sure they are getting plenty of sleep. It is hard to get them to bed early since it seems like they have so little time at home as it is, but they need their sleep. We have been shooting for 7 pm.

Ted is not a morning person, so he has a tough time getting up. This week, with an earlier bedtime, he is still cranky when he wakes up but at least he cheers up after he eats breakfast.

Sam has been singing Dixie, cracking jokes and practically dancing around in the a.m. with the early bedtime. Which of course, gets on everyone's nerves.

After they leave, I shut most of the lights back off and enjoy my coffee in my rocking chair. Catch up on the internet. It is like restarting my morning. Ahhh. Quiet. Mostly. Unless the twins are cranky.

New routines are good.