No, I haven't had any luck convincing Stud1 to take every Monday off. And I still LOVE my weekends. But I love Mondays.
I actively decided to make Monday an at-home day. It used to be the day I would rush to do the washing, clean up, do the groceries, make a full on dinner and catch up with friends.
Recently I found myself truly dreading Monday. More than usual.
With happiness in mind I mixed things up.
- In the morning, I put on a load of washing.
- Have breaky, coffee and check my virtual world while Monkey watches his morning TV kick and plays with his toys.
- Monkey helps me put things in the slowcooker for supper (usually a soup or easy curry) and we put the breadmaker on for cheese scrolls/flat bread dough.
- We pull the lounge straight and play with his cars before packing them away.
- We hang the washing up.
- We bake muffins or cookies if the mood strikes us.
- We read, play and chill.
- In the afternoon we make our cheese scrolls and pop them in just before dinner time.
By the end of the day I am still in a good mood. We are both happy and have had a (mostly) fun day at home.
It's much easier to plan to do nothing and do something than to plan to do something and do everything.
I don't ever mix anything up lol I barely have a routine I follow no scratch that I don't have any routine at all or any consistancy it is a major flaw that i really need to work on. It sounds like a lovely day at home just spending time making memories with your special little man :o)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a super positive day! Go you! I really should invest in a slow cooker and get making some scrumptious soups for winter.
ReplyDeleteI had a good day too - with all the chores happening smoothly and not feeling like chores (great weather always helps too!).
Here's to a positive week all round, finger's crossed! x