A GUEST blog by Debbie Caygill,the Newcastle franchisee, about her typical day.
Usually our day begins at 5.55am when Sam, will come into our room and slide into bed next to me, closely followed by my daughter, Amy. Although there is no real need for the alarm clock, my husbands alarm goes off at 6.30am and he goes for a quick shower while I lie for another 10 minutes talking to the children. I am then followed into the bathroom by both children and Sam always comes into the shower with me. I quickly dry my hair, and Sam's, and then we join Daddy downstairs. Chris, my husband, usually has juice on the table for Amy & Sam and a coffee for me, after hugs and kisses he is off to work at 7am.
After breakfast we all go upstairs, get washed and brush our teeth. I then find it works best to get the children dressed and get them downstairs watching Peppa Pig before I dress myself. Amy started school last September so it takes half the time to get dressed now as she has little choice over what she wears, the only decision is whether to wear a dress or a skirt. Sam, being only 2, hasn't developed the need to try everything on in his wardrobe yet, before deciding on what to wear for the day, so I choose his clothes and quickly get him ready. We are potty training at the moment too so I make sure he has been to the potty before dressing him.
Children ready and I get a few moments to myself while they watch TV and Amy decides on what she would like doing with her hair today. I get dressed and load my car with everything I will need for the day ahead. Sunday night I look at my diary for the week and see what lesson plan I am doing, which story and what prop to take for musical bumps. Be prepared...that is definitely something a remembered from guides. That is one thing I really liked about the Musical Minis franchise, everything is done for you. On buying the franchise you are given 14 lesson plans, plus extra's for Christmas, Summer & Easter, so each week you know exactly what you are going to do. All I have to do is decide on what story and which prop for the week. At the start of each term I make a diary for that term with the lesson number, the story and the prop for each week. On a Sunday night I get everything ready at the front of the garage and all I need to do is load the car up on a morning. I also check my register for the week to see if it's anyone's birthday, any new siblings or attendance certificates to print off. So after loading the car I do Amy's hair, which in itself is an almighty task, then shoes on and most morning we are out the house by 8.30am to avoid the traffic.
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