Welcome to my weekly Slow Day post, inspired by Monica from The Homespun Heart. My Word for 2018 is Slow and, in the spirit of that word, I’m taking one day each week (Wednesday) off — I’ll be unplugged and offline and plan to move at a slower pace, take time to do things that refresh me, and just really focus on being present and savoring the moment.
Each week, I’ll be sharing a photographic peek into my Slow Day. Enjoy a little peek into our lives!
I started the day attending chapel at Silas and Kaitlynn’s school.
I love getting to sit with them and spend a little time in their world on Wednesdays.
And then I headed to Discipleship Group.
We kicked off our Lesson 1 meeting by talking about stories and how each of us have a story — and how in light of the Gospel, we can see Creation, the Fall, Redemption and Restoration in our stories.
In our small group time, we each had to draw a picture of a little screenshot of where we’re at in life right now and share that with our group (how we’re feeling right where we’re at in life). This brought such honest discussion and we had really heartfelt conversations as a result.
After Discipleship Group, Jesse and I went to a movie together. (Middle of the day dates are the BEST!)
We saw Mission Impossible: Fallout — which we both enjoyed, though it made me want to go back and watch the rest of the Mission Impossible movies.
After I helped the kids with homework, I laid down and read a little bit and then took a power nap.
And then it was time for dinner and to prep for my online blogging class that I was teaching. (Brian on my team came over to help run the class and get everything set up for it!)
{By the way, I wanted to teach this class during a middle of the week evening, but the only free night that worked to do it was Wednesday. Even though it’s my off day, I made an exception and did it. And I actually really enjoyed doing it on a Wednesday since I felt like I came to the class so fresh and ready to teach after being offline all day!}
We sometimes get creative in how we set things up! This time, we used a huge stack of my coloring books to hold my computer! 🙂
When I was finished, Jesse was on his way home from picking the girls up from church.
(By the way, Jesse and Silas went to Aldi for me while I was doing the class. He said that they split up and both took half the list. Silas told me how it compared prices and made sure to get the store brand not the name brand and the best deal on everything. While it’s pretty simple an easy to do this at Aldi, it made my mama heart so happy to hear him doing this all on his own! I feel like I have accomplished a big life goal that he knows how to grocery shop on a budget and find the best deals!)
Kaitlynn finished up some homework while I worked in the kitchen.
And Silas made a bedtime snack of macaroni and cheese. (That boy loves his mac & cheese!)
Then, we all hung out and talked for awhile and then the kids went to bed and I worked on prepping for podcast interviews the next day. And then it was time to bed for me, too!
Beth says
What time, more or less, do your kids go to bed now? I have littles and I LOVE that they are in bed by 8 most nights. But maybe I love that because they are littles ;). Teens also face problems of sleep deprivation. How do you make sure everyone is mostly rested?