A DAY IN MY LIFE
Prepping for a weekend with my grandchildren.
Identify and describe at least 10 tasks that you engaged in during the course of the day.
I often get my grandchildren (Mahaad, Mahir, and Malayah), ages (7, 9, and 12, respectively) for the weekend. At fifty-five, dealing with three precocious, know-it-all children is no easy task. So, I have to plan things out. My pre-prep before their arrival consists of.
PREPPING MY APARTMENT
- Relocating fragile items
- Relocating important documents
Creating a grocery list and heading to the Supermarket
BREAKFAST
- Cereal for the boys
- Malayah like to prepare her own breakfast (eggs and bacon)
BATHROOM RITUAL
• Washing
• Floss & Brush
BASEBALL PRACTICE (weather permitting)
• This will be my grandson’s second season. Mahaad is moving up
from T-Ball. He will be playing with Mahir in AAA, where they use a
pitching machine. This will be Malayah’s first year. These are coed
leagues, and she’s older and a little intimidated by the advanced play
of the boys. She did not have the advantage of starting in T-Ball and
progressing through the ranks. So, the practices are really to get her
physically and mentally prepared.
• Allow them time to run wild with their friends, with me only as a monitor.
• Structure is great, but kids need time to be kids. The interaction socializes them and prepares them for life.
LUNCHTIME
• This is always a tough time a consensus wins. The politics that
go on trying to get Mahaad to represent the consensus vote are comical.
Malayah has more bargaining chips, so it mostly plays out in her favor.
BOWLING
• Bowling, skating, movies, and generally anything that causes me
to spend money is what they love to do. Any activity has to be coupled
with pizza, chicken nuggets/strips, fries, and drinks.
MOVIE NIGHT
• A streaming App, a good movie, and snacks are how they wind down.
• Showers, then off to bed.
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