A Week in the Life: Tuesday!

Good Morning Tuesday!!!! My day started dark and early at 6:30, when Ben came in and said... "shoot the trash". Tuesday's are garbage days in Rodenbach... and we never forget. Except for today!!!! So I threw my jacket  and boot on and dashed outside to see if the garbage truck had come yet. I must have looked a bit funny when my German neighbor was out getting his paper and saw me lovely outfit!!!! A tad embarrassing! Anyway, to our dismay, the garbage truck had already come and gone. This is a big deal... Why you may ask... well our trash only gets picked up once every TWO WEEKS and has to fit in that tiny black garbage can pictured below!!!!! Luckily, because we have a child in diapers, we get extra black garbage bags to use (if you don't have a child in diapers, you have to pay for extra black garbage bags). 

So needless to say, we will have a butt load of garbage in another two weeks! It was also plastics day!! Three of those yellow bags are ours. I secretly LOVE all the recycling here in Germany.

After my dash to get the recycling out, I crawled back in bed until Bella and Ethan got up at 8:30. Tuesday's are me get the house in order days. Because we don't HAVE to be anywhere until 4:15! 

So after my morning ritual of this:  I tackle things like this:

And the kids park themselves here:

 Next up... lunch and quiet time. 

 Please tell me I'm not the only Mom, whose child's room looks like this sometimes. I told Bella that she ahd to clean her room during her quiet time. A few minutes later, I walked by her room and she was stuffing things into a bag... Hello.... Can we have a like mother like daughter!!!! LOL! That was my way of 'cleaning' my room when I was younger. Who needs to clean, when you can just hide it!!!! 

After Bella was done with quiet time, we worked on her Advent craft:

And then it was off to ballet class on base after naps. 

While Bella was a dance, I made a quick trip to the commissary. It is SO SO SO much easier going grocery shopping with just two kids. We were in and out in less then half an hour! 

 After dance I made a quick stop at MY FAVORITE STORE in Germany to pick up a Christmas ornament for my spouse social tonight. 

I call these next things... wife saver dinner! Nothing like homemade chicken caesar salad for Ben's dinner! Bye honey... I'm out for the night! 

 Ben did a fabulous job with the kids, while I enjoyed dinner and a night out with the OSS spouses. We had a great time, food and laughs. I got an ornament from one of the Christmas Markets here in Germany. It's hand painted and beautiful! 

 I never quite know what Bella will be wearing when I come home. Tonight, she chose to sleep in her ballet outfit... And of course wore her crown!!!! 

 See Y'all tomorrow folks! 

A Week in the Life: Monday!

A few of my friends are doing another rendition of A WEEK IN THE LIFE! 

We have been doing this for a couple of years now. It is sort of fun to look back to see what exactly was going on in a typical day of our lives. Funny how some things change and others totally stay the same. 

Check out our past WEEK IN THE LIFE's! 

JAN 2012, DEC 2009

So, our week began on a crisp Monday morning. How did your princess sleep? Can you believe that Bella hasn't taken off that crown since Saturday! Yes... she sleeps in it too. A true princess!

We had an extra child to get off to school this morning. My friend Andrea had to set up for MOPS, so she dropped Ada off at our house. Getting 4 in the car... was sorta like getting 3 in the car! Totally nuts! 

We made it to school only 10 minutes late. No too bad for starting off with an extra kid. 

 This is my first year doing MOPS. We have a great group of ladies. For the first half, my good friend Ashley and I were on baby room duty. Ethan stayed to help us out! After our hour in the baby room, we headed to the meeting. I forgot to take a picture of my table and the delicious food we ate. 

 After MOPS we headed beack to pick Bella up from preschool and then headed home for lunch. 

lunch menu: Chicken finger, broccoli and carrots. 

 Ethan cried for 20 minutes, because I wouldn't let him eat his advent chocolate before lunch. Poor little guy he was so sad. But it didn't last too long once he started eating his lunch... Maybe he was just hungry! 

 This little girl loves to eat. Emalina is getting her molars right now, so she has been a little picky lately. 

 Ahhh... my hour of sanity begins!!!! 1:15 was the time I got to relax and be kid free and quiet for a few hours. I always time it so Ethan and Emalina go down for afternoon naps at the same time. I make Bella have a quiet time for at least an hour! 

 After an hour in her room, Bella came down and we worked on her Advent craft: Truth in the Tinsel. We are a day behind... so she finished her Light of the World candle craft today. She wanted to put it at the top of the tree, because "it is close to heaven!"

 Emalina woke up first at 3:25. She sleeps in our closet during nap time. So Bella can have her room free to play during quiet time. 

 I had planned on going to the commissary for groceries after naps... But Bella was captivated by the snow outside and the neighbor girls making a snowman... So instead of going grocery shopping, I let them go outside and play in the snow. 

 Emalina wanted to go outside so bad and join them. 

 5:00 is dinner time for the kids. Dinner of campions today folks! Mac and cheese with hotdog, corn and grapes! 

 I shut Ethan's finger in the door after he went to the bathroom... so he was upset before dinner. 

 Ben and I ate just after 6. Emalina went to bed at 6! She was tired! 

 Bathtime for Bella and Ethan. 

 Snack before bed. yogurt!

 And after the kids were in bed... I had this to clean up! Ben usually helps with the kitchen while I am reading to the kids and putting them to bed. But he had to study... 

But wouldn't you know, I had this kitchen looking Mr. Clean clean in about 20 minutes! 

Monday's are always crazy, no matter what is going on. Tuesday's are our veg day... So we'll see how that goes.