- Hi guys, welcome back to my channel.
In today's video I'm going to be sharing with you
our evening routine when I have all three boys on my own.
So this is just what I do when Matt is working late
so I'm gonna take your through their dinner,
playtime and also how I put them to bed when I'm on my own.
Please excuse some of the camera angles because obviously
I am gonna be trying to film this on my own.
But yeah, I hope you like it.
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I post three videos a week and I love to make routine videos
so yes, without further ado, let's get into it.
So when we get back from the school run,
the boys will normally hang out on the couch,
I'll get them a drink, which is water and also a snack.
Today they're having crackers with butter
and also some Skips, which are basically just these
little crisps that Caleb really, really likes having.
Even Jackson's having a cracker even though this
is probably a bit grown up for him.
He really likes them.
And then I'll just play with the boys.
At the moment, Jackson loves playing cars
and he has these two car garages that he really likes.
This tall one is from Little People and it's gone
through all three of our boys so it must be indestructible.
He's even putting the cracker down the garage
and he's also got a little Vtech toot toot one
and he will spend ages putting the cars through
this little gap that is on the garage.
He will just do this over and over again
and really loves it and he also really likes to play
on his little fire engine, like ride along thing.
I found this on My First Years and got it for him
for Christmas and I even had it personalized as well.
On nights when I know that I have all the boys to myself,
I will make sure I have an easy dinner in so tonight
they're having turkey escalopes which have like
a ham and cheese topping on it and the boys
really seem to enjoy this so I'm making that
and while I'm doing that, Jackson is playing with the Hoover
and I'm also gonna make some carrots and green beans
to go along with it and also some pasta which sounds
a bit random but there is a reason why I'm doing that.
While I make their dinner, I'm also gonna make myself
some prawns and vegetables because I'm on some crazy
new year diet so I will tell you about that
more in another video, I'm sure.
Jackson's just gonna play on the Hoover while
I make dinner.
He does like to be really, really close to me
when I'm in the kitchen so his toys normally spill
out over into the kitchen as well.
I try to clean as I go as much as I can while
I'm making the boys' dinner just because it makes
life a little bit easier later on so I'll just
wash up the pots and pans that I'm using for my dinner
and anything for theirs and also get them some milk.
I usually give the boys milk with their dinner
'cause I want them to drink as much as they can
before we go up to bed, try and save their teeth
so yes, as I said, they're having pasta along with
this dinner, which seems random but because Jackson
is having meatballs, that's what they're having
and I will normally put their food on the deck to cool,
especially Jackson's because if he has the slightest
bit of hot food, he will put off his dinner
so I'm just gonna cut up their chicken for them
just to help them out a little bit
and call them to the table.
Alright boys, dinner!
I'll just get your drinks.
No iPads at the table.
Yeah, so we don't allow iPads at the table
but I will normally leave CBB's on or something like that
and then I will sit with the boys and eat with them,
encourage them to eat and also help Jackson feed himself.
He's getting really good at using a fork though
and as I said, he really loves eating meatballs
so I can make my own, I can make like chicken and apple
ones or I can buy meatballs and he's quite good
at eating them and also pasta.
He wasn't too sure about the green beans though.
Out of my three little guys, Caleb is definitely
my fussiest eater but luckily he really likes this dinner
and he even had one green bean, it took a lot
of persuasion though but he did do quite well.
So I'm gonna take their dishes to the sink
and then I'm gonna get them pudding and tonight
they're having these Rolo deserts because they really
like them and they were honored for a pound
and Jackson is going to have a little Petty Falue yogurt.
(light music)
While the boys are still set at the table,
I will normally go under Jackson's high chair
with a baby wipe and just clear up any crumbs or bits
of food that he's thrown over the edge and also
play peeper with him because he really loves this
little game and then I'll get him out of the high chair
and put him down with his cars again so that I
can clear up the table and also give the high chair a wipe.
I'm using my Method cleaner because as I said
in the past, it is non toxic so I like to use it
on the surfaces that Jackson eats off of
and while the boys are happy, I'm also gonna give
the rest of our family room a bit of a speed clean.
I really like to leave this room as tidy as possible
when I take the boys up for the bath because there's
nothing worse than getting the boys bathed and into bed
and then coming downstairs to a big mess.
So I much prefer to just try and get it all cleared up
before I go up and then once they're in bed,
I can actually relax.
(lively music)
I'll also empty the boys' snack bags and put anything
into the dishwasher that needs to go into it
and then after all that, I'm going to test Frasier
on his spelling.
He has a spelling test every Friday so we like
to practice as much as possible.
He has got 10 out of 10 every single week
so there's all this pressure now for him to keep that up
and while we're doing that, Jackson and Caleb
are playing really nicely on the carpet together.
They love each other so much.
I feel so lucky that they all get on so well
and that all they boys really make Jackson giggle.
(baby laughing)
He can't even breathe he's laughing so much.
We will normally make our way up to the bath
at about 5:45 and I will make sure that I bring up
their milks in case they still want a bit more
and also their reading books for after the bath.
We have this sticky mat in the bottom of the bath
which has been great for Jackson so that he doesn't
fall over or slip over when he sat up in the bath
and then I'll just run it and get them all in.
I normally wash my two older boys' hair every night
because they do wear a little bit of hair wax every day
in their hair and I use this Munchkin jug to rinse
their hair and when I'm not using it,
I put it over the tap like this because there have
been a few times where they have hurt their backs
standing up near the tap and yes,
they just play in the bath with some toys.
There's lots of brotherly love going on as well.
- He's patting me.
- He's not letting go tonight.
Once the boys are all clean, I'll get them out of the bath
and dry them and it's actually really hard to get
them out of the bath and sometimes they even get back in,
you can see from this, Caleb's back in again
and sometimes he'll do that two or three times
but I'm gonna dry Frasier and then Caleb again
and then finally Jackson and at this point,
Jackson is very tired so he needs some
more cuddles with his big brother.
He'll normally stay on the changing mat just
for his nappy and his vest and then he would just
want to get down so I'll normally place pajamas on
while he's playing with his toys.
Tonight Jackson is wearing some Gap pajamas which
are very well worn because they are hand me downs
that have been through all three boys but I will
normally help the two little ones get their pajamas on
and then Frasier will sort himself out,
hence why he is wearing this combination of pajamas
but then I'll let the two older boys have their
iPads in bed for 10 minutes while I put
a very tired Jackson to bed.
I'm still feeding him as well so I'll just breast feed
him for about five minutes and then he will go off himself
and then that is one down and then I will take another
five minutes to put some laundry away and also get
the boys clothes ready for the next day.
Next up is Caleb's turn and this is his new single bed.
He outgrew his toddler bed so we got him this teepee
and I found it on a website called Cuckoo Land.
He loves it and it's so cozy so I'll link it down below.
And I also wanted to show you this hack that I do
to get the boys to brush their teeth.
This is something I've done since Frasier was a baby.
I just go onto YouTube and search for the Elmo
brushing teeth song and then I think it's the second
video on there and it's just a little song that Elmo
sings to encourage them to brush their teeth
and it is the right length so they have to brush
along to the whole song and my boys really love it.
♪ Brush, brushy brush, brushy brush, brush, ah ♪
Honestly that song works and how funny,
Caleb holds his nose while he's brushing his teeth.
We recently changed his toothpaste to Aquafresh
because our dentist said that that is the best one
for fluoride but he really doesn't like the taste of it.
But anyway, once he has brushed his teeth,
we're gonna read the book that he brought home from school
because he's only four and just learning how to read,
he just tells me what is going on in the pictures
and he really enjoys it.
- That lost thing.
The ball went over there and he's angry.
- [Mom] After that I'll let Caleb have a further two books
that I'll read to him or he'll read to me.
Tonight we're having, Oi Frog and Daddy Sandwich.
Both of these books are really good
and I would really recommend them.
My children really seem to like them.
Tonight Caleb has decided to read it to me.
- Oi Frog, sit on a log.
I don't want to sit on a log.
Yeah, sit on a log.
But they give you splinters in your bottom.
- Bless him, he's such a cutie.
But once we've read the books, I'll give his back
a quick tickle and then he will go off
so that is baby number two down and then it is on
to our eldest, Frasier, it's his turn to go to bed.
And then there was one more to put to bed.
My big boy but I love putting you to bed 'cause
we can cath up, can't we?
How was school?
(laughing)
What was that?
How was school?
- Good.
- What was it?
(laughing)
Yeah I made him have the hiccups from tickling him.
And the funny thing is when Frasier was in my tummy,
he had hiccups everyday and now whenever he laughs,
he gets the hiccups.
(laughing)
Once we've caught up about the day,
he will brush his teeth and don't ask me why
he's brushing his teeth sat in bed and then he's
gonna run and rinse out his mouth and after that
we're gonna read the book that he's brought home from school
and of course it's a lot more grown up than Caleb's
book and he's very good at reading.
There's lots more words and I feel really proud
that he seems to have a real love for reading
so yeah, he'll read to me a good few pages
and then I will go downstairs.
All three boys are in bed now.
What I do with Frasier is he normally reads me
a book and then I'll read him a book and then I just
say, night night and I just leave him awake
and I just say, I'll come back in five minutes
so he'll just chill and then we like pinky promise
that I would come back in five minutes so I'll
just go and check on him soon and then normally
he'll just go off after that so yeah,
now I'm just going to tidy up.
I'm going to write in the boys' reading books just
to say that they read and how they read and stuff like that
and then I'm going to pack the bags for school tomorrow.
The boys don't have any clubs tomorrow after school
so I don't have to organize anything for that
but they do have show and tell so I might put out some
things that I think they might want to take
just so I remember to make sure that they take something
and then I'm also gonna put Matt's dinner in the oven.
On a Thursday night, I will often do like a Posh ready meal
so I normally buy the Cook meals from our local farm shop
and just stick one of those in for him because
it's so much quicker and easier.
It's about 7:45 now so all I wanna do really is sit down
and get on with work and then I'm just gonna sit
on the couch and edit this video while watching
something on TV.
I'll also probably check Instagram and try and respond
to some comments on YouTube.
I'm still really trying to reply to as many comments
as I can but there's been so many recently,
which is amazing but I just really need to get through them.
If I don't manage to reply to your comment,
I'm so sorry like I love replying and reading
all the comments but yes, I will try
to get through all of them.
Also gonna have a cup of tea and something sweet
that's allowed on my diet tonight.
So anyway, I'm rambling now so I think I'll go
thank you so much for watching this video
and I will see you in my next one.
Bye, guys.
- Hi honey, I'm home.
(laughing)
- [Mom] Hello, daddy.