Evenings

A taste of my evenings on the nights Jon works 5 nights a week....

Pick up Ben at daycare
Put on Elmo for 20 min so I can throw some food together for dinner (usually have a slowcooker going, that Jon throws together before noon) or else something quick
Feed Ben dinner, clean him up  (hope Jon gets a rare 30 min break somewhere around this time for our 30 min as a family a night and eat dinner myself )
... Possible Bath time.. PAJAMAS... then my couple hours of quality time with Ben including..

 PLAY TIME  on the floor  with Ben including multiple puzzles,  dancing, trucks, race cars, pushing Ben around in the cozy coupe around the house...
30-40 minutes of READING.... lots and lots of books.  I usually read at least 20+ books to him a night.. He loves the books with the flaps and has some pages memorized. Sometime reading time  has a snack break and always a sippy cup of milk before Bed.
Finally by 815 pm,  Put Ben to bed in his crib with his blanket, nuk, stuffed cat and stuffed dog (do you think he needs a pet?:)
An hour or two to myself then... I should do laundry or clean.. but normally I try and justify some me time and read or watch a TV show.


My evenings are soooooo different than before Ben.  When Jon worked evenings before, I made dinner plans with friends, worked out a lot more and focused on me.  Now my evenings are all about quality time with Ben.  I seriously cannot wait to get home from work to see my little man and hear him call  me "mommy".
I wouldn't have my evenings any other way... I can't wait til Spring and Summer evenings, weekends and vacations and all the fun to come including zoo trips, park outings, playing outside.. cannot wait!!