Sister

Hi and welcome my little sister, Hannah, to the blog today! She’s going to share a day in her life. She is 26-years-old and a wife to Josh and mom of three kids: Caroline (age 5) Lawson (age 3), and Titus (age 2) and lives east of Pittsburgh! She homeschools, bakes sourdough bread, tends to her chickens, and works for our family’s real estate brokerage. Here’s a day in Hannah’s life!

I try to rouse myself at 4 am each day (usually it’s Josh asking me if I’m waking up after our alarm already went off and I never heard it) and head downstairs. I fed my sourdough starter and grabbed the laundry out of the dryer. Then exercised and sat down for the best part of the day – reading my Bible and praying. Josh is also studying at this time and I love sipping coffee and just taking in the Word for a while with him across from me.

Once 5:45 am hit, I ran up to my little office space and worked on some administrative work that I do for my family’s business. Sometimes I use this time to work on different projects for our Church’s co-op that Allie has mentioned before!

Afterwards, at about 6:15 am, I go back downstairs and pray with Josh before he leaves for work and see him off.

Next I do a series of random outdoor tasks. I shot my bow (archery season is quickly approaching here in Western PA), brought the kitchen compost out, turned the sprinkler on to water the garden, and let our chickens out of their little enclosed part of the coop where they sleep.

When I got back inside I unloaded the dishwasher and heard Lawson calling for me, it was a little after 7 am. Usually I would lay him back down, but he already had his light on so I quickly shut it off in hopes of not waking Titus up (they share a room)!

Next I made Allie’s loaf of sourdough bread that she ordered!

Lawson wanted to check for eggs (a few of our hens just started laying so the kids are very excited). We didn’t find any this morning, but we went back in and made eggs for breakfast. They’re so small right now, I think it’s cute!

While we ate, I made my to do list for tomorrow and then Lawson did his Devotions and I folded laundry.

Caroline’s alarm clock goes off at 8 am but she snoozed till 8:20 am! We read a book in bed and then she did her morning chores and came down for breakfast! Titus was still sleeping (!!!) and when he got up, Lawson was able to do his chores (he makes his bed and puts his clothes away).

We did some schoolwork to start the day, which included Caroline’s devotions, sign language, memory work, and a new poem to memorize and talk about. Then the kiddos played a little and I worked on some of the activities we do with Titus’ speech therapist. I also took the quiet time to look over the PA History lesson that I’m teaching tomorrow at co-op.

Caroline made a picture of Ghost Spider (the girl from Spidey and His Amazing Friends) shooting twine webs lol.

Afterwards we went on a walk and stopped at playground nearby and played with a friend who lives right by the playground.

When we got back home the kids checked for eggs again, but to no avail. Caroline did her math worksheet for the day and then we made some cookies to bring into Bible study tonight.

While I read to Titus before his nap, Lawson painted a worksheet.

When I came downstairs, Allie’s bread was ready to be baked! The kids had some messes to clean up both in Caroline’s room as well as the living room. I told them to race and see who could finish first, Caroline won! But she went up and helped Lawson finish up in her room (after I explained to her that this was the right thing to do lol). Then they came down and played some more while I finished wiping the counters/sweeping/mopping/vacuuming.

I also looked over my science lesson for co-op tomorrow and made sure I had all of my supplies packed. They were playing some sort of hunting game and subsequently went into the boys’ room and woke Titus up 🤦‍♀️ . It wasn’t purposeful, but it did happen lol. He never did fall back asleep!

Next we worked on more schoolwork. I made them each a “mocha” (one drop of coffee + chocolate almond milk) while I enjoyed my afternoon cup of joe.

Once we were done, we did find 2 eggs and the kiddos went and found me some cherry and lemon drop tomatoes for our salad for dinner. Then Josh got home! Yay!

The rest of the evening was pretty busy, consisting of a chiropractor appointment, dropping Josh’s truck off to be inspected, dinner, and heading into Wednesday evening Bible study!

I feel so blessed to have our three healthy, happy children and to be able to spend everyday with them. I love watching their minds work and discover and learn. They never cease to amaze me or remind me of how patient God is with me as His child and how much more patient I need to be to be like Him.

Quick musing… Caroline would be in Kindergarten this year. I think about how I wouldn’t see her for upwards of 8 hours a day… and neither would her little brothers. I wouldn’t get to be the one to watch her learn how to read. I wouldn’t have been able to let her sleep in a little and wake her little mind up with a book.

Caroline, Lawson, and Titus wouldn’t have the special relationships that they have. She wouldn’t be learning how to chip in for our family and do chores, help her brothers, and what it takes to keep a family going, if she decides to have a family one day. It’s a special bond that I am so thankful I’m not missing out on. YES, there are super hard, annoying, and monotonous moments, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I’m so thankful Allie featured me on her blog, and I hope you were encouraged by all of this… or maybe laughed a few times!

Thank you so much for sharing, Hannah 🥰

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