Hi, guys. Welcome back to my channel. In today's video, I'm going to be giving you loads of
mommy motivation and show you how I get everything done in a day. I'm just going to take you
through what I'm doing in terms of food shopping, cooking, cleaning, decluttering, fitness,
the kids, just life and everything I do really, on a day where the kids are at school and
nursery. Obviously, some of these tasks I do have to do it with the kids around, but
today they are... We've literally just done the school run and I've actually been inspired
to make this video because my friend Tiffany Beaston, you may know her, she makes videos
like this and I watch them and I find them so motivating. I just love seeing how other
moms do it and just getting ideas for recipes or meal prep and all of that. So, I thought
I would try one. So, yes. I've just done the school run and now I have
just come to Sainsbury's. Normally, we would do a food shop online, but Frasier has to
do some homework tonight and he needs to cook an autumnal dessert. I'm going to get a few
bits that we need, something for dinner as well. So, I will take you with me.
Yeah. For the crumble, I got some apples. These are Granny Smiths because they didn't
have Bramley apples anywhere and I really wanted a sour apple for the crumble. So, I've
got that, got some blackberries, got some ice cream to serve for us at home and then
we're going to send some of the crumble in as his homework as well. Also, got some butter
for it and then all of the oats, and flour, and sugar, and stuff I have here at home.
Then I got some more caramel Snack a Jacks because we're all obsessed with these. Also,
got these little, what are they? Angel slices because they were on special and the kids
really love them. Also, got some fat-free cottage cheese. I love this on toast or on
crackers and stuff as a snack. So, I've got that. Also, got two new cereals to try Fruit
'n fiber. I think the kids will really like that. It's like a nice healthy one.
Then I got this... How do you say it? Country Crisp. This has hazelnut and almond in it.
So, if Frasier did want it, he could have it. It's not got peanuts or anything in it,
but this would be really yummy on yogurt for the boys or if they want it with milk, they
can do that as well. Also, got some bread. Then for dinner tonight, I'm going to make
a chili in the slow cooker. I have quite a bit of the ingredients here, like onions,
carrots and stuff, but I did need some kidney beans, some chopped tomatoes, some chickpea.
I've got the 5% fat minced meat. Also, got some red peppers and then some smoked salmon
because I really like smoked salmon with scrambled egg in the morning sometimes. So, yeah. Just
a little foodie hall, but I've got the dinner and I've got the homework and the dessert.
So, yeah. It's going to be really yummy. So, I'm off out now for a run with my friend
Laura. Some of you will know, I've been training for a half-marathon and now that half-marathon
is just 10 days away. We really need to get a little bit more training in before we take
a break before the actual race day. So, going provide in a local park. This is Laura there
and she always... She's so funny. Every time I put the camera on her, she was like, "I
always wave like this and I hate it." And she's just done it again. It's actually been
so brilliant training with Laura. If any of you guys start running, it's so good to get
a running buddy because they just make you go out and I don't know. It's like you're
accountable to some someone. So, yes. We're going to do a little run and then I'm going
to go home, put dinner on, do some cleaning, all of that stuff.
I'm back from my run now and I'm just going to put dinner in the slow cooker. As I mentioned,
I am making slow cooker chili. It's a really old recipe that I've just always used. I have
no idea where it's from, but if you're interested I can put it in the description, but yeah.
I'm going to put that on and then I do have to do a little bit of work. I need to voice
over one of my cleaning videos, but I'll show you how I'm doing dinner.
I thought I would do a little voice over for this part of the video. The first thing that
I'm doing for this recipe is just frying off the minced beef. I probably don't actually
need to do this because I did buy the 5% fat beef and not loads of fat is actually cooking
off of this, but it's the way I've always made it, so I'm kind of like frying that on
the hub and then coming over and chopping some onions and kind of like running back
and forth. I'm chopping up two medium sized onions and then also two medium sized carrots.
If this is for very little ones, you can grate the carrot in and sometimes to be honest,
that is actually quicker as well. Then I'm roughly chopping in two red peppers. Then
I'm just going to add all the ingredients into my crock pot or slow cooker. So, I'm
throwing in at the minced that I actually fried, the onions, the red pepper, the carrots,
and then there are loads of beans that go into this dish, which really bulk it out,
make it healthy, add some protein as well. I've added in chickpeas, kidney beans, two
things of chopped tomatoes and even as some baked beans, which I know some people will
think is really weird. Then I'm adding in coriander, chili powder cumin, and a tiny
bit of cinnamon as well. Then I'm just going to give it a stir and I tend to fill up one
of the cans of water and then throw that in as well because it is obviously going to be
cooking for a long time in the slow cooker. So, yes. Now, I can just leave that and all
of that took me 15 to 20 minutes and then we'll have a delicious dinner. This chili
actually will do about 10 to 11 portions. So, it really does go a long way.
Now, I'm just going to quickly tidy up the kitchen after all of that. Then while I was
tidying, I actually took a picture of me tidying and I'm going to put that onto Instagram as
well. I've just quickly edited it and then put that on Instagram just for a bit of content.
If you don't follow me over there, feel free to come over and follow me. I would obviously,
love to have you there as well. Now, I need to get on and do some work. I
filmed the cleaning video the other day, but I need to voice over it and add some music.
It's 24 minutes long, this video.So, I think it's going to take quite a long time to do,
but the reason I'm in my bedroom is over the years of doing voiceovers and stuff, I find
that when I do a voice over in my bedroom, the acoustic is better because I think there's
so many cushions and things for the sound to jump off of. If I ever do a voice over
in the kitchen or actually at my desk, it just sounds a bit echoey.
Anyway, I'm in my bedroom to do this. I've got my microphone. This is all I use, this
fluffy thing and I just plug it into my laptop and just talk into it. That is how I do it.
So, yeah. I think it's probably going to take me about an hour or so to get this done, but
it's a video for tonight so I really need to get on and do it and I'm excited. My cleaning
videos, they do really well for views. So, it's like worth the effort.
Right. So, the edit and upload took about an hour and a half in the end, but it was
a really long video. I really wanted it to be good. Sometimes it takes me ages to find
good music. I really like funky house music, but trying to find nice music that is also
a copy free that I can use on YouTube can be quite difficult. I think I found some good
ones, but now I've just got time to have a cup of tea before I need to go and do the
school run and get Kaleb. Kaleb finishes at three today, but Frasier who's at the same
school, finishes at four and then Jackson we need to pick up as well. It's all happening,
but yeah. Okay. All right. So, the chili is smelling
really good. I've just stirred it a couple of times. You can actually make that recipe
within just an hour on the stove, but you have to stow it quite a lot. Using the slow
cooker I feel, is really nice and easy. Got my cup of tea and I've just received two deliveries,
so I thought we'd show you. They're not that exciting, but I got this KidzLab Magnet Science
thing as one of Kaleb's birthday presents. It's his birthday this month. He's going to
be six and I actually put on Instagram like what would you guys recommend for a six year
old? So many of you said magnet play and stuff. I think he'll really love this. So, I've got
that. Then I also ordered some washing up liquid
refiller. What is this called? Yeah, it's the refill sachets. So, basically you just
pour this into your washing up liquid bottle or into this thing as well when it runs out.
I tend to use a little Molton Brown hand wash holder for my washing up liquid because it
gives such a small amount when you press that, that I really like that because you don't
need a lot of it. When this runs out, I'm now ready to refill it up. How exciting is
my life? I also forgot to mention that Kaleb's birthday party invitations have come. I've
got these super cheap on Amazon. He's going to have a crazy golf birthday party just for
the boys in his class. So, I also need to fill these out today and get them out because
it is in about four weeks time. Okay. K.K. is now home from school. Say, "Hello."
My pajamas.
In your comfies. Straight away when he got in, he put his comfies on and he wanted a
little snack, so he's got an apple to have and then we're going to get Frasier in a minute.
Then we're going to do some homework with him.
Both of the boys are home now. Frasier's back from basketball club and he needs to quickly
do his reading, eat his dinner before it's back out to football tonight. Tonight, they're
having sausages and carrots, and Frasier wanted rice. I quickly decided to do the boys sausages
because there are still half an hour left on this chili and it is a little bit watery,
so it does need the extra half hour, but they obviously need to eat now because Frasier
has to go back out to football. It's a total juggle, but because there are 10 portions
in this huge chili, Matt and I can have some later on tonight. Then they could have it
on another day this week because I'll put it into Tupperware. It's been great. It's
great for meal prep because we can have chili on chips, jacket potato, rice, on its own
with tortilla chips. So, so many different ways. So, yeah. I'll definitely keep it for
other nights or for lunch as well. Once Frasier is done his dinner and his reading,
we're now quickly going to do some homework before he's back out again. His schedule is
not normally this crazy. This is just a particularly busy night because he does have two clubs,
but that is not the norm. Yeah, we're going to quickly do this and it was homework that
he really enjoyed because we're going to get a delicious dessert at the end of it. We literally
just chopped up some apples and then threw in some blackberries, sprinkled some sugar
over the fruit, and then Frasier weighed out all of the ingredients like the flour. Then
we also used golden castor sugar and we mixed butter into that. Oh, yeah, a pinch of salt
as well. You kind of mix all that together with the butter until it's like a breadcrumb
consistency. Then all he had to do was put that on top
of the fruit and then put that into the oven. Then we're going to enjoy it, but then he's
also got to take a piece of it in to show his teacher just to prove that he's done it.
I took some photos as well. I've got this little Polaroid thing, which is great for
homework. I took some photos of him doing it to stick into his homework book.
So, Frasier has made the crumble. Now, we just have to pop it in the oven for half an
hour. Matt has just gone to pick up Jackson from nursery, which is a massive help and
he's also going to take Frasier to football tonight because it's from 6:00 until 7:00.
It was quite late to drag out the other two kids, so it's been amazing that Matt can now
help me with the football and he really enjoys it as well, but Jackson started doing full
days at nursery twice a week. He started that a few weeks ago and I was dreading it. I thought,
"How's he going to cope or how's he going to like it?" But he had given up his nap.
So, I was finding doing any work was just impossible. He started and he's actually just
loving it. You think, "Maybe we could've done it sooner than three years old," but it's
been brilliant now. He's really enjoying being in the big boy room and all that stuff. The
homework is in the oven. Now, I'm just going to try and tidy up from dinner and from this
baking we made quite the mess. Hello. Yay. You're home. How was nursery?
Yeah, good? Then I'm going to follow some laundry. Frasier
has just gone off to football and Jackson and Kaleb are happy in the background watching
Monsters, Inc. as you can probably see. I need to complete at least a load of laundry
today to keep on top of everything. Then I'm going to run upstairs and while I'm running
the bath, I get their clothes ready for the next day. I'll lay out their uniform on the
banister like this and I've just noticed that we could probably do this dark load of washing.
So, I'm going to run down and throw that in and that can be running while I'm doing bath
and bedtime. Then I can put it in the tumble dryer if it needs it or it can be drawing
on the dryer overnight. You know how it is. Then I'm also, once they're in bed, once they're
all asleep, I tend to get their bags ready for the next day. I'll just lay out their
bags and then anything they need for any clubs and tomorrow is swimming. So, we have this
giant swimming bag and because it's now getting colder, I bought the boys, these really nice
fleecy animal onesies. As soon as they get out of the swimming pool, they can put these
on and they love it. They're super cozy and then they can make their way home.
It's now about 8:30 at night. All the boys are in bed. All my little jobs and cleaning
things are all done. So, I'm now going to sit on the sofa, watch some Netflix and edit
this video that I've just filmed, but I hope you enjoyed this video and just seeing how
I juggle all the mummy duties in a day. I had really wanted to declutter something as
well, but I didn't get a chance because my video edit took so very long. I hope you enjoyed
this. If you did let me know in the comments or give it a big like, and then I'll know
to make more like this. I'll see you in the next one. Bye, guys.