Pretty much anytime is peaceful at my house, except between noon and 1:30. For some reason just before and after lunch is crazy. I hope I can figure out why and change it soon. My "me" time is after dh goes to work (6:40 am) and when the youngest get up somewhere between 8-9:00.
Yes-I get peaceful time when the kids go to my mom's (right next door) they go almost daily. It might be for 30 minutes-it might be for 4 hours-never know... Then-hubby and I are night owls-so we're up for at LEAST 3 hours after the kids go to bed.
Peaceful to me-Having all my boys home with me and them wanting to be here, sharing with on another and learning from each other, enjoying our time together in the haven that God has provided. Being a wife and a mom are the two things I wanted to be when I grew up, I don't remembering ever wanting to be anything else, (well, except for a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. LOL)
ok I am going to be the rare different duck in the group again. But, you ladies that know me will say whats new right. My peaceful moment is hearing my girls laughing about something they learn in school or helping each other out with school and then sitting down to supper and talking over our day. Love those peaceful moments.
Good point. Peaceful doesn't equal kid-free. Sometimes the most peaceful moments are the ones where everyone is happy and getting along together.
I would say my peaceful moments are when the kids go to bed, but that even seems hectic at times. I usually do ironing or try to get something else organized or put away. DH and I try to spend some time together. My kids (3 and 5) don't nap so I feel like I am playing referee all day with them. Sometimes I go to the gym and put them in the childcare there and I get a "peaceful" time to workout. A neighbor and I try to swap our kids so we each get an hour or so to go for a run, run errands or something like that. I try to look forward to Saturdays, but often DH has Sunday School lesson prep to do or other work that he didn't finish up. I've told him once I start homeschool full time, we are going to need to work something out so I can have some more time. Our family is on the opposite coast from us so I have NO relief!
Peaceful time for me is somewhere between 2-4p. We're done with school, everybody wants to do their own thing (a DVD, video game, computer time). I usually will get to sit down and check email and surf the web. After 4 though, we are getting dinner going, doing chores, playing with our 5 year old. No one goes to bed before 10:30p here, no matter how hard we try. They just won't do it. My husband gets up early and can't function without his 8-9 hours a night, so he really cracks the whip about everybody being quiet. So we try to get everyone to at least stay in their rooms by 9:30p but no computers or DS. Reading, legos, and mp3 players are ok, though. My son (12) and daughter (5) wake up soooo early 6:30-7a so I have to be up and ready to get them going on something or else they will watch tv or play computer, which ruins their minds for school. During summer I'm a little more lenient, but during school year, no tv/games until school work is done. Older daughter (13 almost 14) will stay in bed past 9 if I let her.
My peaceful times are in the morning before I wake up my kids! I get up before them, so I have about an hour or so to go online and check emails and such. Also, at night..I am another night owl and I can stay up really late and be okay in the morning!
