Following Cherish Around for a Day

Well, I thought I’d blog an average day in the life of Cherish. We started with lots of snuggling and reading stories, with the constant question: “Can we read another one?” (This is one of my favorite times of the day.)

Of course there were her morning chores, and I will say her bed-making skill is looking very good to me!

Then she ate breakfast and absolutely had to feed her children.

Yep, this is what I let her do. After she eats, she feeds her animals, um…I mean, her children. (She eats the food at the end and even puts their dishes in the sink!) This happens about 2 meals a day, about 5 days a week. I know: I’m a weird mom.

Then there was hair-cutting time.

 (Excuse the band-aids. See previous post.)

Up to this point, Cherish moves this guy around the house about 22 times a day.
No kidding.
Nope.
Not kidding.

He gets a drink every morning, and then he follows the sun around the house. We have a couple of skylights, and as the sunlight moves, so does he. I have become very conscious of minutes as I see the light pass by this little pet. (Cherish has gotten me so conscious of his “love” for sunlight, that I have occasionally helped to move the little guy along on his daily journey.)

Then, came a manicure and pedicure for Cherish, followed pretty closely by the refrigerator repairman coming to fix our ice maker. Of course, he totally needed a 4-year-old helper. So, that’s what he got.

Then it was time to make muffins, followed by Cherish making lunch for us by herself.

One batch of muffins was made egg-free with this:

 Cherish making lunch for the two of us as the muffins baked:

 Break to eat said muffins:

 Back to sandwich making: 

"Peanut Butter and Jelly Somersaults" as she calls them:

They truly are good!

Afterwards, she cut up all the crust to be used as croutons. However, seeing that we had plenty of croutons left over from Friday and Saturday’s lunches, we decided to give our outdoor visiting birds a treat (prior to toasting the bread).

Then, there was a sewing "lesson". We added bling-bling to one of her “not fancy” dresses that needed mending anyway. I received a lot of comments like: “Thanks, mom! It’s so beautiful!” Then, when she got bored, she added ribbons and bows to her animals, and they all had a meeting.

Being finished with that, it was time to wrap her almost-daily present and walk it over to the neighbor’s house. She loves to wrap and leave gifts for the neighbor girl, so she will be “surprised” when she returns home from school. Yep, just about every day.

And then there was computer time, dance time—which of course included the “Hokey Pokey”, surprises for mom, and lots of play time packed into each and every moment that was not otherwise occupied.

We ended with reading Bible stories, snuggling, and praying together—as we do each night.

Tomorrow will be errand day: voting, library, etc. Cherish LOVES the library and enjoys going voting with me. (The poll people give her several stickers.)