Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. In today's video, I thought it was about time that I
show you an updated evening routine. So in today's video, I'm going to show you everything
that we do after school in terms of homework, snacks, dinner, cleaning, bath time, and more.
And I hope you really enjoy it.
And I'm also super excited because today's video is a collab with my lovely friend at
Lucy Jessica Carter. You may have seen her on my channel in the past. We've been friends
for years and we've collabed before. But once you've watched this video through, definitely
go and check her out. She's also sharing her evening routine and she is a mom to four little
ones. She has two boys and two little newborn girls and they are adorable, little twins.
She is absolutely gorgeous and she does loads of fashion videos, beauty, day in the lives,
routines, like today, meal ideas. So much great content. So definitely go and check
her out, let her know that I sent you and subscribe while you're there.
And if you're just popping over from Lucy's channel, thank you so much for checking me
out. I'm Emily, a mum to three boys and I'm always posting content on cleaning, meal ideas,
routines like this, and our daily life, as well. And I would love to have you as a viewer
if you like what you see. But without further ado, let's get into my evening routine.
Okay. So our evening routine normally starts with the school run. So the first thing I'm
going to do is go and collect my two older boys from school. And please like this video,
if you agree with me that it always seems to rain at about 3:00 PM when it's time to
go and collect the boys. Actually wasn't that bad this day, but anyway, I've got them and
afterschool they're normally quite happy but a little bit tired and always hungry.
So the first thing that I do when we get home is get them a snack. Sometimes it's just a
piece of fruit or some crackers. But today I'm going to do my go to snack, which is a
nice healthy one, which is veggies or breadsticks and hummus. The boys all really love hummus
and I'm always happy when they have that, as well. Because it's a nice bit of protein
but also some veggies, as well. And I find the afterschool, the boys will just eat their
veggies in front of the TV or just when they're chilling out. I'm also going to get them a
drink. For some reason the boys water bottles for school always seem to come back quite
full. So I'm always wondering how much they actually drink throughout the day.
But today, my youngest son who's three years old is actually at nursery. He goes to nursery
twice a week, so on the days that he's at nursery I really need to make the most of
it and help my two older boys with their homework. Because it's more difficult to get homework
done when my little one is running around and also wanting attention. So I try to make
a big effort to tackle homework when there are nursery days and also on the weekend,
as well. But, because the boys are getting a bit more independent, once I have set them
up, Fraser is doing his math homework on computer and Caleb is writing three facts about the
ice age. So while they're actually working away, I'm going to try and prep a bit of dinner.
Sometimes I'll try and do this throughout the day, but I haven't had a chance today.
So I'm just going to chop up some veggies while I'm talking to them. I'm also able to
help them if they need me to.
And tonight for dinner, I'm actually making two different dinners, one for the boys and
then one for me and Matt. And my youngest, Jackson, will actually eat at nursery. So
I normally pick him up right after he's eaten. So sorry, that's a little bit confusing. But
we're really lucky in the U.K. that the kids get hot dinners at school. So they've had
spaghetti and meatballs today, so I'm going to make them their favorite homemade pizza.
They really love to make them, so I'll show you that in a minute. And Matt and I are trying
a new recipe that my mum sent me, it is a stir fry. It's plant based. She knows that
I've been trying to cut down on how much meat I've been having. I'm also dairy free now
and I've been so missing cheese that she sent me this recipe because she said that the sauce
is so good that I won't miss the cheese.
So I'll show you how I'm making it. Once I've chopped up all the veggies, I'm also going
to put the sauce together so that it is ready for me to just make later on. So the first
thing that I'm adding into this sauce is a heaped tablespoon of ginger paste. You can
use fresh ginger, but I just like using the paste. I've also added in one clove of garlic
and then you add in two big tablespoons of a nut butter. I'm using cashew butter but
it works with almond butter or peanut butter, as well. Then you add in two tablespoons of
rice vinegar or rice wine vinegar, and then also two tablespoons of tamari sauce or soy
sauce. And then you can also add in a little bit of, what's it called? Sesame seed oil,
toasted sesame seed oil I'm using, and it's actually supposed to just be a teaspoon, but
I think I put a little bit more in. I love the smell of it and it's just so yummy.
So then all you have to do is mix all of that together. It looks pretty disgusting, but
it tasted so moreish and yummy. So that is all prepped for later on. It's a stir fry
so it's going to take like minutes to throw together and I'm going to wait for Matt to
get home. Now once the boys have had their snack, they've finished their homework, I'm
going to go and get Jackson from nursery. It's about 4:30 now when we go and do this.
And I've also taken the boys with me and they had already changed into their comfies, so
they were wearing their pajamas on the run to get him. But yeah, get him home, he's always
so exhausted after nursery because he has recently given up his nap and it's just so
full on, he does such a lot there.
But once we get home, I'm going to help the boys make their little homemade pizza. I call
them pizza English muffins. They're so simple and the boys just love these. They have said
that they think that these are actually better than the Pizza Express pizzas. So, that is
high praise indeed. And it's so simple, all you need is some English muffins, some tomato
puree, and some grated mozzarella cheese. And then any toppings your children would
like. Yes, so Fraser is just putting his together, he's just spreaded on the tomato puree, and
he's just going to have mozzarella cheese on top of his. And then Caleb's also going
to have a little bit of pepperoni, which I just cut up there with the scissors. But I
know this is a really simple recipe and it's probably quicker if I just put these together
myself. But I think it's really important to get the kids helping in the kitchen. I'd
love the boys when they're older to be really independent, able to do their own cooking,
a bit of laundry, so that when they go off to uni they have a little bit of a headstart.
But yeah, it's definitely sometimes a bit painful watching them and the mess that they
may get.
But then once they're ready, all you have to do is stick it under the grill for a few
minutes or until it's nice and golden brown and you can see them there. They're all ready
to go and then I'll just served this again with some veggies. The boys absolutely favorite
is peppers, just raw. They really, really love these. So you probably have seen these
in my videos in the past. But that's it, that is their tea. Fraser has two on his plate,
but sometimes he'll have three if he's a bit hungrier. And then Caleb has his there, as
well. And obviously Jackson ate his dinner, but he wanted to have a yogurt.
And while they're just finishing off their dinner, I'm going to take the opportunity
to fold some laundry. I always tried to do something with laundry in the morning and
also in the evening just to keep on top of everything. So I'm getting it all folded up
but I didn't actually get it upstairs, I'm going to have to do that later on. The boys
also have to put their dishes away into the dishwasher. That is one of their little chores.
And then after dinner we can actually play. Jackson is still really loving his little
cafe or shop and he plays with it all the time. But tonight we decided to go out into
the garden with Spring on its way. It's meant that it has been light until just after six,
so it's really nice to get outside with the kids.
So here Fraser and I were playing a game of 21, which you basically just try and shoot
some baskets and if you get a basket in then you carry on, you keep shooting. And if you
get a basket it's one point but if you get a swish it's two points and whoever gets to
21 first is the winner. So we play that one quite often. At this point it was just me
and Fraser outside. But, what I've found works really well is if I go outside and start playing
with the boys, it encourages all of the boys to come outside and play together. So once
I've been playing a little bit, Caleb wanted to get involved, as well and then Jackson
too. Jackson wanted to just sit at his little table but outside watching the boys and talking
to them. And then they started to make a little assault course. They really love to do that.
So they just created one where you had to go down the slide, jump over that, get a basket,
do a cartwheel, do a little dance, star jumps, and also get a goal into the football net.
So it was really cute and I was timing them for a bit, but once they were happily playing,
I then went back inside because they kind of didn't seem to need me anymore and they
were having so much fun together.
I thought I would just put our stuff right on. So I'm just putting the noodles in, which
don't take long at all. I also toasted some cashew nuts and then I'm going to throw all
of the stuff, our veggies that I cut up earlier into the frying pan. So it was pretty much
red onion, carrots, peppers, some broccoli, but whatever vege you want, you can obviously
have. If I did it again I probably wouldn't use the red onion because it was quite strong.
And then the sauce that I made earlier, you actually mix two or three tablespoons into
the noodles and it did make it really, really moreish. It was a really yummy taste. Then
you can see the boys were still outside when it got dark so to get them back in, I sort
of enticed them in with desserts. They love those little MNS puddings, so they had two
of those each and while the boys were eating those I just quickly checked that my video
for that night was definitely scheduled. I always panic that it's not going to go live.
Then it was bath time and I've been using Child's Farm on the boys for their bubble
bath and then also for their hair wash. I found it's really gentle on their sensitive
skin and another mum hack that I have recently started doing is my skincare routine while
they're playing in the tub. Obviously my boys are now a little bit older and while I'm standing
right next to them watching them I can do my skincare routine and it's just one less
thing that I have to do later. So I was just washing my face with a special cleansing gel
and then I've been using a range called Obage for the toner and the moisturizer and I've
really liked how my skin's been feeling. I was suffering with breakouts but I think it
is helping. Also, if they're quite happy and safe in the bath, I will also set up their
school uniforms. I always tend to line them up on our banister. Jackson's little clothes
for the next day, as well. And then after the bath, we normally have a few songs in
Fraser's room or we do this little shadow puppet show.
So I just use the torch on my phone and they love it. Then at about 7:00 PM it's Jackson's
bed time, so I let him choose a few books from his room and then he sleeps in my bed.
Don't judge me. We never co slept when he was a baby but ever since he came out of his
cot, he has co slept with us and we actually just quite like it. So these are the books
that he's chosen for tonight. We've got Simon Sock, Ed's Egg, Jampires and then Tiddler,
as well. So then I'm going to brush Jackson's little teeth. He's really good at letting
me do this. He quite likes to wash his hands, brush his teeth, and things like that. So
I'm just using a little electric toothbrush to do that. And then we read a few books.
I know he chose four, but in reality he normally gets two and then he's literally asleep. He's
just gone. Then after Jackson, I just go into Caleb's room. He'll read his school book to
me and then I'll read him a book. Tonight he chose a Mr. Man and you can see I'm just
tickling his back as I'm reading and he normally goes off, as well. He's so exhausted.
And while I was putting the two little ones to bed, my eldest Fraser read his school book
and then my husband got home and put Fraser to bed. So then I came downstairs, wrote in
their reading diaries, got their bags ready for the next day, sorted out any laundry that
was still out and then did a general tidy. I always feel so much better once I have cleaned
up. I feel like I can't really sit and relax until the sides have been wiped down, the
dishwasher is full, and all of those little things have been done and tonight because
there were a little crumbs everywhere, I also turned on our little robot Hoover that could
run around, as well.
I forgot that I took my makeup off already, so excuse my appearance. But I've now sat
on the couch, I've got my decaf coffee, I've got my water, and we've just put Netflix on.
We're currently watching this series called Love is Blind and it is a love experiment,
it's quite funny. Let me know if you guys have seen it as well. But now I'm just going
to chill out here, I'm going to start editing this video that I have just filmed tonight
and yeah, thank you so much for watching. And don't forget to go over to Lucy Jessica
Carter's channel and check her evening routine out. I think it will be so interesting and
her twins are just the cutest.
Sorry.
But anyway, that was Matt. Thanks for watching and I'll see you soon. Bye guys.