April 19th...day 1

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• 7:35 Chris awakens me with a great smile to start the day!



• 7:40-8:10 30 minute workout on the elliptical.



• 8:10-8:15 Quick game plan with Chris over a cup of coffee before he leaves for work.



• 8:20Wake up girls and Baxter(aka lazy bones) to leftover doughnuts and milk (dog food for B).



• 8:45-9:00 Leave for preschool and arrive early enough to play on the playground.



• 9:05 Get Piper started on a painting art project and hugs and kisses goodbye.



• 9:15 Starbucks run...just Paige and I (TJ Maxx across the street doesn't open until 9:30).



• 9:32-10:15 TJ Maxx (awesome polka dot find..see above).



• 10:30-11:00 Car wash and vacuum.



• 11:30 Pick Piper up from p-school.



• 12:00 Lunch



• 12:30-1:30 Wash dishes, run load of laundry and make beds.



• 1:45 Play outside while I read a magazine (borrowed from a friend) and drink a cup of WAKE UP tea (I think it reach 73 degrees in B'ham today)!



• 2:20-3:00 Quick cat nap (trying to convince the girls that they also need one...no such luck)!



• 3:00 Pick up jeans at the alterations and stop for a smoothie.



• 4:15 Cut up veggies and chicken for fajitas.



• 5:00ish Chris arrives home from work...DINNER.



• 6:00 Clean up dinner dishes while Chris makes smores for the girls on the BBQ. I think this is when I stepped on the missing sewing needle from yesterday...ouch!!!



• 6:30ish Family walk (of which didn't last long because of my new owie).



• 7:10 Bubble bath for the girls.



• 7:30 Check on pet caterpillar, no chrysalis yet.



• 7:35 Bedtime snack: apples and "coffey milk".



• 8:00 Girls to bed, me to my blog and Chris some work he brought home.



• 9:00 Off to bed to either read The Shack (by WM. Paul Young) or finish first season of HBO's True Blood (on demand).