I wake the kids up and pack lunches and snacks in the morning. I love this lunchbox. JB always wakes up early to work out and makes us all a hot breakfast. While I’m usually sleeping until the alarm goes off. I seem to need a crazy amount of sleep- and always have. Unless it’s Friday, and I have my early morning work out. We always have breakfast together since dinners together can sometimes be tricky with their schedules. JB makes us some version of eggs/salads/avocado. He makes the boys different things – but he’s a big fan of banana pancakes which is banana, arrowroot, and egg. I make sure to fill up my water and take my vitamins.  We split taking the kids to school. I always put my eye patches on, and a hair mask before heading out of the door to work out.  Self care multi-tasking at its finest (:  

I either strength train or walk everyday. It’s been almost a year of this work out schedule. I’ve been strength training with a trainer three times a week. Twice a week I go right after drop off, and one time a week I go before the kids are up. I like to walk the rest of the week. Whether with fam or a friend, or just a quick one around my neighborhood. I like to get this in early, before I start the day. I find it gives me a good energy boost for the day.  I also like to walk mid day- if I’m feeling a slump coming on.  

After that I make the beds, and turn on the lamps. I don’t like overhead lighting at all, and love having the lamps on when we’re climbing into bed at night.  So cozy.  Having the beds made, helps me feel like some portion of my life is together (:  

I do laundry every day. Unless I’m super behind or we’ve / i’ve been on a trip – then I have a local lady help out. So after making the beds, I collect the laundry and start on that. I try to get all of the laundry I have done and put away before I pick them up. It’s usually two loads. I feel like if I miss a day, with all of the sports, I get so behind. I don’t like that feeling at all so I’ve always been a little obsessive about laundry. But highly recommend getting in the habit of starting a load as one of your first things in the morning. Especially if you are at home/working from home. It’s just something I have done for years now, and don’t really think about anymore.  

Usually I grocery shop and meal plan on Sundays. So when Monday rolls around, I have a plan for the rest of the week. On Sunday afternoon I like to wash/cut/prep for the week too. I make soup every week to have for lunch the first few days- usually sunday or monday. Yes, even when it’s warm out. I love it for an easy lunch that has a ton of veggies. Just heat, and ready to go. When we run out of soup, I’ll often pick up Power Meals. It’s just down the road, and has pre portioned nutrient dense meals.

After some laundry, breakfast, a workout/walk, kids at school … I hop in the shower. I have always needed a shower to start the day. I generally let my hair almost air dry (and then use my airwrap when it’s almost dry). Once I use the airwrap, I’ll put on a little bit of make up that day. I never take much time on this on a typical day. Under 5 minutes. Unless it’s a shoot day, which is what I do monthly. But that’s not a typical day for me! I can definitely share what those days look like if anyone is interested.

After I’ve showered, I get to work. To stay a bit organized, I use a big paper calendar for the family that’s always in the kitchen and my own personal planner, and lists. So many lists! I tackle whatever is pressing in my inbox first. The “eat the frog” mentality of doing what needs to be done first and not having it hang over my head is so helpful. I work on blog posts, instagram, get previews of work to clients, calls/zooms, look for new products to link, sometimes design on product collabs and work on revisions, and lots of emails.

Around noon, my two loads of laundry are dry and I like to bring them upstairs to sort and put away. I’ll have some lunch. If it’s nice out, I’ll take a quick walk around the neighborhood. I may marco polo a friend, hop on a call, or listen to a podcast or audible then. I also have a walking pad/desk, and usually work from there for a bit. I go super slow, but it helps me reach my step goals.

I work until I have to head to school for pick up at 3. They do have one day where I pick them up after an after school activity at 4. I usually leave a little early for some errands – drop off/pick up dry cleaning, dropping off at UPS/post office, getting gas, etc. If I leave extra early, I may pop into a thrift store. I like to bring the boys a snack for right after school. Usually a protein smoothie. I like these cups for that.

After school we are working on homework.  I’m usually answering homework questions while I’m making dinner. On the day I pick them up at 4, I like to roast a chicken with veggies – so it’s all ready when we get home. Most nights the boys have a sport practice. We eat right at 5 when JB gets home, then they change for baseball/soccer practice. During soccer, I usually work on some house or work stuff, and take an epsom/magnesium hot bath. After practice they are ALWAYS hungry. So I try to be ready with another meal or large snack for them. Sometimes they eat this one better than the one at actual dinner time. They said it would happen with boys, and they were right. For bedtime, they shower, brush their teeth, and usually play or read for a bit before bed. JB washes the dishes, cleans the kitchen, and turns the alarm/lights off. We say a prayer together before bed. We go to bed pretty close to them, right after we put them down for bed. I like to write my task list for the following day before bed – or anything I need to work on. helps me not to worry about it while i’m trying to head to sleep. Our neighbors have joked that our lights are always off by 830. It used to be way earlier, lol. We seem to all need a good amount of rest!