Morning Routines

Luke has been doing a good job at waking up at about the same time every morning and I am loving having a normal morning routine. I wake up to make Brad breakfast and lunch for work and then by about 7 or 7:30 Luke wakes up for the morning and is ready to eat. I feed him in bed and by the time we're done I usually have all four kids in bed with me hanging out. We all take turns snuggling Luke because we can't get enough of him, then when we have the energy we get out of bed and eat breakfast.
We turn on Pandora to listen to music while we cook and eat and Luke hangs out in his bouncy chair. He eventually falls asleep on his own before we're even done. Then we head downstairs to exercise. The kids join me or they get their morning chores done so they can have some electronic time.
Each morning this week has had the same rhythm and it has been great. The kids are happy and I'm happy. I hope we can keep this going all summer!

This afternoon we went in search of a new park to explore and have a picnic at. We found one not far from our house with a huge slide. The kids probably went down it over 20 times. I even tried it out at the request of Tenley. It was a lot of fun! It wasn't our favorite park yet, but we enjoyed trying something new.

Smoothie bowl. My new favorite breakfast. Perfect food to eat while I try and prepare a lesson for Sunday.