What did I do Thursday?

I know, I know...

Thanks Mom for the reminder :) Tomorrow is here finally! :)

It has been busier in the Spivey home this past weekend then expected, so that is the reason for the delay in my daily routine posting (since I know you guys were refreshing your page every hour to see if I have posted yet!)

Here is what has happened since Thursday evening to aid in the delay:
- Jeremiah developed a rash on Thursday night (which is way I don't have a lot of pics of the evening). I thought it was due to turkey that he ate for the first time, but Stacey came over to check it out and it seems to be excema that just came up...
- Jeremiah spent 2 hours in the night on Friday throwing up. 5 times total.
- Saturday - Monday, the students had a friend, Dan, that they met at camp this summer come and visit. So he stayed in our guest bedroom and students hung out at the house all weekend. And when they are over the computer is taken.. so, no time to post. But I don't mind if that means we have to students in our home to spend time with! We are lovin' this ministry right now!

So, now the evening is quiet, the babies are in bed, the husband's watching ESPN and Fox News (he has been watching more of that lately for some reason... hmm...) so - I will now tell you all about my day on Friday!

You're Welcome!

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8:00 Rise and Shine Spivey's! The monitor is up, the babies are awake and it is time to start our day! (Yep, that is my snoogle that I had while I was pregnant. It is still around and is actually one of my best friends - forever!!!)

We normally wake up to hear these three phrases coming from the monitor: "Bawhl (ball)", "uh-oh" and "Hi!" I really think they look at each other and tell each other Hi in the morning - we here it over and over from both of them!


After we greet them with kisses and morning lovin' they will normally play with Mike in the play room while I get breakfast made!
8:30 Breakfast is ready! On the menu is French Toast for all of us. I normally eat more then Mike on this meal :). Milk for the babies, Coffee for Mike, and Dr. Pepper for me - hey, just keepin' it real! My dad would be proud!
9:00 Mike leaves for work and I cleaned the kitchen while the boys finish their milk. I enjoy trying to get the kitchen clean before the boys finish breakfast - that way we can play and spend time together and I don't have to worry about a dirty kitchen. It's a peace of mind thing :)
We have about an hour to play and read. The boys have just now taken a fascination with books! I am so pleased that they enjoy me reading to them. Jeremiah spent alot of his time playing with the creepy laughing lion while Mike climbed in my lap and we read almost the whole time!!! The morning time is some of my favorite play times with the babies.. they are so charming, happy and good natured in the mornings! It is a pleasant hour! (All of our day is pleasant, but they are extra pleasant in the morning!)
9:50 Clean up, Clean up everybody do your share! :) I am beginning to teach the boys to help me clean up the toys. As I clean up I am trying to teach them not to play with the toys and help me. This morning we finally had a break through and Michael helped put all the blocks back. Normally they take the toys out as I put them up... but we are training. They have learned that once it is all cleaned up and our diapers are changed, they go to the gate and wait for me to get them to nap.
10:00 Nap time! I love this nap time. They normally sleep around 3 hours! We have had several days where they don't get this nap and just nap in the afternoon and we normally have VERY fussy babies in the evenings. We are keeping this morning nap a little longer for sure!

10:00 Once the babies lay down I will do some light tidying up, especially if the kitchen is still dirty and then I spend time in the Word. I really love this time for many reasons. It is still pretty cool and crisp in the house and it is the quietest time of my day. Mrs. Mohler, president's wife at Southern, once said in our class that God wants the best time of your day. This is the best time of my day! It is very peaceful in our home during this time and is a perfect setting to study God's word and to just be still. We started a study at church on Esther. It has been pretty good so far, we are just finishing up our second week. As you can see, I normally spend that time in Mike's Chair in "Man Land" along with my Dr. Pepper! I have had to work very hard at not getting the computer out first. That has been a conviction of mine, is the time I spend on the computer and facebook. I have had to sometimes say out loud "no, I will not get on the computer before my time with the Lord!" Isn't that pathetic - I am an addict. Ha! But, the Lord has really been blessing this time and has revealed some things to me through His word that has literally changed a lot in me the past few weeks - I will share all that in a later post. It has been sweet.
10:45 Now, the computer shows up in my day! I check my daily links - facebook, email, blog, friends blogs, people I don't know blogs, moneysavingmom, etc... Most of my time today, however, is spent budgeting and checking our account, etc. I began the world of coupons and saving money, so we set a budget for the month today. I am going to blog on all my money saving adventures later as well.
11:30 Part of the house was calling my name to be cleaned. I had cleaned most of the house the day before but today it was our bedroom and bathroom that needed much attention - as you can see.



12:30 I am finally getting in the shower - hey, don't judge. :)
12:45 Mike comes home (yay!) I love it that he can come home daily for lunch to see me and the boys. It is a blessing, indeed. I make our lunch (spaghetti all around - it was some sauce I had in the freezer).
1:00 The babies wake up! We go in to get them up and they are well rested and in the funniest moods! Today they were extra playful and we spent a good 30 minutes playing with them in the cribs. Mike filled the crib with stuffed animals and they thought it was the next best thing to slice bread!


1:30 We ate a late lunch and after lunch Mike played with the babies while I cleaned up and got the Turkey in the oven for dinner.
2:15 Time for our daily walk. We had not been on a walk for a while, because it had rained the past few days and the strollers were wet. But thankfully, today the sun came out and they were dry enough for us to stroll around the neighborhood. They love their hats - when they see it they will say "hat" and point to their heads!
2:45 We arrived home just in time to watch football with Daddy! Of course, Mike loved it that they were really interested in the action. I was impressed that they saw it and said "bawhl" (ball).

3:30 The boys lay down again for an afternoon nap/rest time. 8 out of 10 times they don't sleep, but I can always tell the difference when we have only one nap/rest time... so until they get older we are keeping the two times a day!
Once I laid the boys down, MIke was staying home, so I ran to the bank (to get the budgeted money out) and to Target to return some ink for our printer. While I was there Mike called and said he forgot that he had practice for Sunday Morning that evening. So I cut my shopping short, and drove home so that Mike could go to practice.

4:00 Once I got home it was time to fold the 1,567,453,643,544,543 articles of clothing that have been collected through the week. How 4 people have so much laundry, I have no clue! I didn't get far, but ended up finishing them that evening.
4:45 The boys played for most of their nap, that is the challenge with twins, they can see each other and have lots of fun playing instead of sleeping! David came over to get Mike and so we got the babies up so Mike could see them before he left. The boys love David and they have a thing that they do with their hands when they see him - they do it EVERY time!!!

5:00 The boys watched Baby Einstein while I put the finishing touches on their dinner.
5:30 We walked over to Stacey's to see the kids and spend some time over there before Dinner. The boys enjoy watching and playing with Little David. Normally we leave there with a toy in the hand. I have a collection of toys that belong to them in our home - today they left with half of an easter egg.
6:30 Hillary came over and ate dinner with us since Mike was gone.
7:00 Bath Time! Our favorite time of the day, I do believe. They have so much fun in the tub and we do alot of learning there. They have letters that stick to the side of the tub and apparently to their heads as well!

7:30 Mike got home and that is when we noticed the rash on Jeremiah's back. We called Stacey and she came over to check it out. Before she got over, the boys played with Mike while we waited.


8:00 Bed Time! Sleep tight little men!
8:15 I cleaned up the kitchen. It is tougher to clean it up while they are finishing up, because we are more fussier in the evenings as we wind down. So I normally clean it during bath (if Mike is home) or after we put them to bed.
8:30 I spent the next two hours finishing folding all of the clothes! It took forever, but it finally got down. Next time I am going to fold them as they come out! Ha! Don't we always say that!?!

10:30 It is finally time for us to call it a night! Our bed is so comfortable and I look forward to sleeping in it every day!
Well, that was my day.

And I loved every minute of it.
How thankful I am to stay at home.