Day In The Life of a Work From Home Mom | How to Be Productive With Kids!

0:01 [Music] foreign [Music] welcome to my channel and welcome back to my channel if you're an OD but a goodie today I'm going to share with you a day in my life as a work from home mom Uriah is out of school for the summer so I am home with both boys and I wanted to show you guys how I balance getting stuff done and this video is being sponsored by ethos life insurance life insurance is super important to me because I want to make sure that my family is secure if something were to happen to me so if you guys want to learn a little bit more about ethos Insurance definitely keep watching

0:46 [Music] so since it's basically summertime I haven't been as strict on myself with getting up at five o'clock now I do still like to get up early so I try to get up between 6 and 6 15 um just so I can do some things before the boys get up especially if I know Colton's going to be working away from home that day I just need that extra time to get myself together and just do a few things before they wake up especially Ezra because once he's awake he's ready to get the day started and you guys know I like to make the bed first thing in the morning it really just helps give me a great start to the day and I'm opening up the curtains just to let in some sunlight

1:35 so when you're working from home getting ready in the morning really helps you transition from a home environment to a work mindset it's almost like it signals your brain that it's time to focus and be productive so I never ever stay in my pajamas all day because I just know I'm not going to be productive if I do that so I always like to go through my morning routine and shower get dressed have breakfast all of those things because they mentally help prepare for the tasks that I have ahead and having a consistent morning routine that involves getting ready for the day can help you establish a sense of structure and once you start doing it it becomes second nature and you're just able to do it effortlessly and by waking up and getting ready before your kids you can enjoy some peaceful and uninterrupted

2:21 moments and it just really allows you to gather your thoughts and plan out your day and getting ready before the kids can help alleviate that morning Rush when you're already dressed and prepared you can focus on getting the kids ready and helping them with their routines and you don't have to you know rush back and forth between trying to get dressed and I love it because it's almost like having a little self-care in the morning one thing I always like to do when I know I'm going to be working from home is be completely ready for the day that way I am ready for whatever comes up so I'm putting on my makeup just because I knew I had to do some campaigns and I just like to be ready so if we have to go somewhere I don't have to worry about it but while I do my makeup I wanted to talk to you guys a little bit more about ethos insurance as I mentioned earlier

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4:47 so now that I'm ready I've done my makeup had my shower all of that I'm gonna start getting Uriah ready for the day now he was already awake but he was just watching TV in his room so our routine is pretty much the same um as it would be on a school day we get up we make the bed get him ready for the day and even though we'll be spending majority of the day at home I still think it's so important to get the kids ready in the morning because I don't want to have that interrupted time trying to come back upstairs and get them ready after we have breakfast once we go downstairs for the day I don't like to really have to come back upstairs for anything that really helps minimize any interruptions or distractions during the time that I'm trying to work and get stuff done

5:35 [Music] and now I'm getting Ezra ready for the day he wakes up pretty early as well so I just like to get them ready first thing in the morning um but with the boys I just like to have a set schedule that way they know what to expect and having that structure really just makes it better for them um although no two days are exactly the same just having a little bit of structure knowing what to expect and when to expect it can really help kids foreign [Music] to put on my clothes for the day so that we can go downstairs and have breakfast

6:21 [Music] we always make sure that they have a really good breakfast in the morning so they're having scrambled eggs sausage and fruit the boys love fruit strawberries blueberries watermelon basically any kind of fruit so I'm happy that they do like fruit because Riot can be a little bit on the picky side foreign [Music] breakfast I'm taking the time to plan out my day and planning out the day

7:08 really helps with time management I usually make a to-do list the night before and then I also like to write it down in my actual planner and by creating a schedule you're able to prioritize your task and it's easier to get things done when you have an actual plan so I highly recommend if you're working from home or just trying to get more things done from home when you have kids make sure that you're planning out everything so you know what you need to prioritize thank you so after they finish breakfast and I've planned off the day I like to have a little learning time especially For You Raya since he's out for the summer I want to make sure that he's still learning and he's not really forgetting the things that he learned during the school year so I just think

7:53 it's really important to dedicate some time each day for learning activities so I just have a workbook that I picked up from Walmart and some of the things in the workbook he's able to do independently but there are some things that I have to read to him and just kind of walk him through it [Music] foreign [Music] so after we go through some of the problems together he'll do things in the workbook independently so there's crossword puzzles there's math he loves to do math so he'll do adding or subtracting and then I'll just check his word afterwards so normally around 9 30

8:38 or 10 that's when Ezra goes down for a nap and the only way we've been able to get him the nap here recently is by putting him in the stroller because he just has to be still um so yeah this is normally when he naps whenever he goes down for a nap this is when I like to do my cleaning Power Hour this is really how we keep the house clean every day for about an hour sometimes it's a little bit less but we'll set a timer for an hour and just get as much done as we can and this is when we clean up and pick up any and everything that we can clean and pick up in one hour and you will be so surprised with how much you can get done so right now I'm putting on a load of laundry and

9:23 I normally like to do a load a day because I believe a load a day keeps the pals away and our stairs are usually like a catch-all all of our shoes end up here so I'm just clearing the stairs so that I can clean them something about these stairs just attracts dirt dust whatever so I'm just cleaning them off so that I can go over them with the Swiffer Sweeper come [Music] and I always like to vacuum over high

10:10 traffic areas or just anywhere that I notice a little extra debris or crumbs or um just wherever it needs to be cleaned in this mirror I have to clean what seems like every single day is it works overtime and making sure that he gets his fingerprints all over it so yeah I usually clean this daily [Music] and now I'm doing a quick pick up in the kitchen taking anything that's out of place and putting it back where it needs to go [Music]

10:56 and I also make sure to wipe over the tables and the countertops and the clothes were finished washing so I'm just putting those in the dryer

11:43 let you go over if you only knew it goes back [Music] I got these super cute pillows from Etsy so I wanted to put them on the couch I'm going for a blue theme for summer and I just thought these were so cute they have little cheetahs on them Ezra had woke up from his nap so I let him down out of the stroller and as y'all can see he was already trying to get into stuff

12:38 and of course after his nap he had to have a diaper change so just changing his diaper really quickly and we're doing um the mummies on the bus gosh he loves the wheels on the bus that is his favorite song [Music] thank you and now it is snack time so I normally just do them a snack together I'll just put a few different snacks on one plate and they'll both eat off of it um and this just kind of helps tie them over until we have lunch

13:37 you guys earlier I had to shoot for a campaign normally I'm not in the kitchen when I'm doing campaigns and I didn't really think that through but since I knew they were having their snack and they would be a little bit on the quieter side I just decided to do it now so fortunately I was able to get it done [Music] to take time to get out and about with the kids not only is it an important way to break up the day but it's important for their physical and mental well-being and it's a perfect way to get some fresh air exercise and vitamin D we always have so much fun at the park and I'm so grateful for this time that I have with my kids it's so important to make the

14:24 most of every moment that we have with our loved ones and life insurance is one way to protect them when we're no longer able to be there for them so if you've been thinking about getting life insurance definitely check out ethos for a free quote again I'll have the link in the description box the process is super easy thank you guys so much for watching and as always I will talk to you all in the next video bye