Hi, guys. Welcome back to my channel and to an evening routine video. Today, I'm going to show
you everything that we do on a typical evening at home, including playing, bath time routine,
homework, cleaning, tidying, skincare routine as well, and just all the jobs that I do to get ready
for the next day. So I hope you really enjoyed this video. And a huge thank you to Skin + Me
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And my evening routine today actually started early this morning. You can see I've got no
makeup on or my hair done or anything. But because we're renovating at the moment, I have been using
my slow cooker almost every day. If I don't use my slow cooker, I use my air fryer. So it's great in
a way because it keeps me really organized because I just put the dinner on in the morning. So today,
I'm going to make a spaghetti bolognese. Everyone in this house will eat spaghetti
bolognese, and it's just a really nice family favorite that you can do in the slow cooker.
So first off, I'm just chopping some onions with my fancy little hand chopper that I got on Amazon,
then I'm going to put a little bit of olive oil into the slow cooker,
and put it on the pan setting. So I'm going to just soften the onions and the garlic together
before then adding in my beef. And then I'm just going to break it up until it's nice
and brown. I'll link this recipe down below for you guys. What I should've done was doubled the
batch that we could have more of it. This will feed us for two nights, which is really handy.
Then I've added in some beef broth, I'm adding in some chopped tomatoes,
or you can add crushed tomatoes. I'm adding in a little bit of thyme, little bit of oregano.
I'm also going to put some bay leaves in as well, some salt, some pepper, some
tomato puree. And then, I think, yes, some beef stock cubes, which I've tried to crush, that
little hack where you crush it when it's closed, and put it in. And then also, some Worcestershire
sauce. You know my favorite word. You're going to put all of that in, mix it around, and then
it's going to slow cook today on low. And then all I have to do tonight is make the actual spaghetti.
And then fast forward to tonight's dinner, is all ready. The house smells amazing, and the boys
do really like spaghetti bolognese. So I serve it with Parmesan cheese and some garlic bread,
normally. If I have it, maybe some salad as well, but while I was pulling it all together,
the boys were outside doing this. It was such a beautiful day. Caleb was on the trampoline. Fraser
playing football, but Jackson was actually inside feeling sorry for himself. He hurt his hand today.
It's not that bad, but I did put a big old bandage around it for him.
Then after dinner, I'm just going to package up the leftover so we can actually have this
tomorrow night or I could freeze it as well, save it for another day. And then, after we ate,
what I should've done was tidy up the kitchen. But instead, I was like, I'm just going to go outside
and enjoy the weather with the kids and the dog. Made myself a cup of tea, took in the view,
watched them play football. Matt was playing with them.
And this is how the building work is coming on so far. And then, at about 6:00 or 6:30, every night,
depending on clubs, I'll bring the boys upstairs for baths and showers. Jackson still loves the
bath. He's five years old. So I'll put some bubble bath in, and he'll often just chill out
and they're on his own or with his brothers. But sometimes the older boys will opt to have showers,
so it just depends. But because they are older and they don't need me right there with them,
I'll often do my skincare routine while they're washing. So sometimes I'll do it
right next to Jack's, but it's really nice to just have one less thing to do. Also give
my skin some more time to breathe as well. So I'm just going to wash my face with some
special cleansing gel, and then wipe it off with a face cloth. And you can see all of the makeup
that comes off of my face. So now what I do is I always double cleanse. So once my makeup's off,
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and I'll put the code on screen here as well. After bath time, we set up something on the
projector. That's in Fraser's room. We'll literally just watch a show or a small amount
of a movie with the boys. Jackson wanted an apple tonight as well. And then we'll get
on with Jackson's reading. The older boys are great at reading with him. So while they are,
I'm going to take the opportunity to lay out all of the clothes that we need for school tomorrow,
all of the uniform. I do this every night. I find it saves so much time. I even lay out
the leggings and top I'm going to wear tomorrow. Nothing special. And then I'll put Jackson to bed.
And while I put Jackson to bed, normally, Matt will put Caleb to bed, or we'll swap it round.
He's currently reading this book called Lucky Star. And then, while we are putting them to bed,
Fraser will get on with his homework. So tonight, he's actually practicing for his SATs,
which by the time you see this video, he will have done all of his exams for year six,
but he does have English and math exams coming up. So he's just practicing that. But if not, he'll
read or do the math's homework that he has to do. And then, I'm going to quickly tidy the kitchen.
As I said, sometimes we'll do this straight after dinner, but tonight I just wanted to enjoy
being outside. So now I'm going to tackle the kitchen. Of course, this is still our temporary
kitchen. Our new kitchen is nearly.. Well, it is being made at the moment, and it's going in June.
So not that long to wait. So can't wait. But anyway, I'm just filling up the dishwasher,
going to wipe down all of the sides, and just wash the dishes,
wash the slow cooker because I'm sure that I'm going to need that tomorrow again. And
then I'm also going to lay out everything that I need for snacks and lunches tomorrow.
Okay. So I quickly just vacuumed up our tiny kitchen area. One benefit is it's very quick to
clean this room. Then I'm going to lay out all of the things I need for tomorrow for snacks,
pack lunches and drinks as well. The boys are still loving their Air Up bottles.
And I tend to do a new pod just once a week. So I'm doing a new pod tomorrow,
because it's going to be Monday, so we're having a lemon one tomorrow. I probably should just make
the snacks and lunches at night, but I actually do it in the morning, fresh. I'm up early enough,
and it's like my little routine. Then I'm going to clean the living area, wipe down the dining table,
and vacuum in here as well. Obviously, this is the room downstairs that we're living in. So
it can get really built up just with toys, and stuff, and dirt. The dog lives in here as well.
So I'm just going to give it a quick vacuum. And then I'm also going to put on a load of
laundry. There was a load of whites ready to go. So it takes about an hour. So I figure if I put
it on now, then I can tumble dry it overnight. Sometimes, when I film these, I'm like, "Wow.
We actually do a lot as moms every day." So anyway, I'm going to put that laundry on.
And finally I'm going to chill out with Matt, and Fraser, and Kiki on the couch. We're catching
up on Britain's Got Talent. Love watching that together. And then Fraser goes to bed at about
9:00 PM. Whereas, the two younger ones go to bed at about 7:30 or eight-ish. And they're always
exhausted, so I'm going to keep it at that time. And then, later on, I'm going to brush my teeth,
water floss, all of that stuff, anyway. So I've just sat down on the couch and
I'm now going to try and edit a little bit of this video. It's about quarter to 10 now.
So everything was a little bit late tonight. Kiki is over here. I've just given her a little chew
to chew on because she keeps wanting to go outside and bark. There are foxes in the fields and stuff,
and I think she can sense them. So to prevent her from doing that and annoying our neighbors,
I've given her a chew. But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this video.
Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you in my next one. Bye, guys.