In order of time, the highlights* of my day are:
Dan leaves for work, and I get the entire bed to myself for a couple more hours of sleep.
Addison wakes up, and I put her in bed with me to nurse, she falls back asleep with the most content look on her face, and I get to fall back asleep too.
Daniel wakes me up, usually holding a granola bar, fruit snacks, apple, or whatever else he feels like eating, and asks me to open/make specific food item for him.
I walk down the hall to Bethy’s room, get her out of her crib and she holds me hand tightly as we walk down each stair.
Dan gets home from work, and the older two kids hear him put the key in the door, they run screaching and laughing, so excited to see him, as though it’s been days or weeks.
The older two kids are in bed for the night, and Dan and I get to have adult time, to talk about what we would do if we had a million dollars, or what we would do if we were dirt poor, talk about the kids, his work, our weekend plans, watch our TV shows, have sarcastic conversations that don’t mean anything, but we both laughed for a few minutes.
Bonus: When I magically get all 3 kids to nap at the same time, and I really get ME time, I can do whatever I want (within the walls of my house, or, better yet, my property lines). I can choose to nap too, or read, or browse the internet, call friends, sit outside, clean house, be still, do my hair. Maybe I should be cleaning or doing laundry, but I’m rewarding myself for getting ALL THREE kids to sleep at the same time! There’s always tomorrow.
*Of course, I have many other highlights in my day. For now, at this stage in life, these are my favorite that I can count on day to day.