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- Hi, guys.
Today's video is going to be an updated evening routine.
Obviously, I'm a mom with two boys,
so this is like my evening routine
with them as well as their bedtime routine
in it as well.
I thought I would do an updated video like this
because the last one I did, Caleb was just six months old,
and he's now nearly two.
So it has changed a little bit.
I have also, on this particular evening,
I was flying solo 'cause my husband was working a bit late,
so I'm sorry about some of the camera angles and everything.
But, yeah, this is just what we do.
On a typical evening, no matter what we do
in the day, I always try to get home
for four o'clock or 4:30 'cause my boys tend
to eat quite early at 4:30.
I just find that they eat better then
cause sometimes they're, like,
way too hungry, and they try to have snacks,
and it kind of, like, ruins their evening.
And it's also, I stick with the routine
that they actually did at nursery,
so used to eat at 4 or 4:30.
So, I've just always stuck with that.
Please give this video a like if you did like it.
And feel free to comment if you have any other tips
that might be good for me
or what you do in your bedtime routine.
I'd love to hear it.
And, yeah, thank you so much for watching,
and I'll see you all soon.
Right so on this particular day,
we have been to the park to play mini-golf,
and we've come home and I am
just making sausage and mash tonight.
I always use the Richmond sausages
'cause I feel like
there's not too much flavor in there
and my kids seem to really like them.
So, yeah just sausage, mash and peas.
Little bit of ketchup as well.
I like these sectioned off plates
because I feel like my boys kind of
like to see it all spread out
and nothing touching each other.
I think my eldest has a little bit of OCD.
When they're eating, I try to have a snack.
Today I'm having my usual
or rice cakes, almond butter, bananas, and water.
This kind of helps me to not steal their food,
but I normally do that as well.
Then I get the boys to the table
and we just kind of hang out
while they're eating dinner.
I have the snack and I encourage them to eat
as well as I also flick through
the brochures that I have like IKEA catalog
at the moment, Cox & Cox,
or I go on my phone a little bit,
but I do try and like be active with them as well.
Then I have to tidy up
all the food that they didn't eat,
and normally clear the floor off as well.
And then it's pudding time.
They're having just chocolate pudding today.
And that, I let the boys chill out in the front room
and watch TV while I try and tidy up the main room
that is just like our family room,
just like wiping down surfaces
and tidying up all the toys.
The boys normally come in and like
try and help me a tiny bit,
but really, not that helpful.
And then I go around with my cordless Hoover
which I'm obsessed with.
It's like a new thing that I got.
And I love it, I use it every single day,
it's just so easy.
I do the dishwasher,
and I try to wipe down the sides.
Now, obviously, some days if they're having bad days,
this does not happen, this tidy-up.
But most days I can manage it.
And then it's time for milk,
at the moment are on 2% cow's milk,
and they just have it cold in a beaker
which makes life a lot easier.
Then I kind of let them have that
while they're still watching TV,
and I try my hardest to make some
of the lunches up for the next day
while they're still awake.
I mean, sometimes I do this when they're already asleep
and packing up snacks for school.
And then I pack the bag up for the next day.
Tomorrow, I've actually got Caleb,
but I still always pack the bag.
And then we go upstairs to get ready for the bath,
and then the boys ruin my bed,
which there's no point in me making
'cause they ruin it every night.
They have a great time doing it though
while I run the bath.
And then I get the boys in the bath,
and I always make sure as soon as they get in the bath
that I wash them and I do their teeth,
and then they're free to play after that.
Then I get them out to dry them,
and I am soaking wet from the bath.
And I get them in their jammies.
This makes it look easy, but it's actually really hard
to get them both in their pajamas.
And they just have some more milk
and they play in their room.
As you can see, they just get every single
toy out that they own.
While they're ruining the room,
I get their clothes ready for the next day,
and I tend to take them downstairs
and leave them on the table 'cause
we normally dress them downstairs.
And then I come back and the room looks like this,
and we read some books.
Caleb's really into these textured books at the moment.
I give Fraser the iPad for a few minutes
while I put Caleb to bed,
a very tired Caleb to bed by the looks of it.
He still sleeps in one of these bags.
I just tuck him up in that bag
with his blanket comforter,
and then I go back and read Fraser a story
and put him to bed.
And then it's time to shower.
So I need to take the hair off my legs,
so I use Veet in-shower cream.
So you just slap it on
and leave it for about five or six minutes
and it comes off in the shower with a scrub.
And then I choose what I'm gonna wear for the next day.
And I take off all my makeup
with a Dermalogica pre-cleanse wipe.
And then I get in the shower.
I'm using this Fibrology
shampoo and conditioner at the moment, which I love.
And then it's time to make dinner.
While I'm cooking, I normally also catch up
on my YouTube videos.
So tonight I'm doing my husband's favorite, tuna pasta.
It is basically just capers,
anchovies, garlic paste, and chili.
And tuna, and some olives,
and olive oil, and lemon juice.
And you put it on pasta and it is so delicious
and it takes just 10 minutes to make.
And then we eat these huge portions.
I try to tidy as I go.
I'm quite a tidy chef
then I do some vlogging or blogging
while we watch Prison Break.
And that is my evening,
and I'm trying to say thank you so much for watching,
and I'll see you all soon.
We're here, we thought we'd play a game of mini-golf
like we usually do.