Multitasking Mommy

Have you ever looked at your “To Do List” and thought to yourself, “There is no way I can get it all done!?”

I think that on a daily basis… heck clean the bathrooms has been on my list for the past few days, I just can’t bring myself to DO and CROSS it off my list *yet*

I find that if I can try to streamline my daily activities and bunch them together… I actually get more done!  Imagine that.  It takes planning and making certain items (again, not cleaning the bathrooms) a priority… but cleaning while multitasking was never really my strong suit.  However, exercising AND multitasking… now THERE is something I can get behind!

Before I head out for my morning (walk/run) routine, I usually start a fresh load of laundry, run the dishwasher, and make sure the mail is at the mail box… then I head out for the REAL multitasking to begin.

Here is how this Mommy Multitasks during her Morning Routine: 

When my oldest is home (not in preschool) I load the two *big* boys in the double jogger.

Multitasking – Working out: CARDIO & STRENGTH (pushing 75+lbs of kiddos).

While on our walk we continue to multitask :

We sing!

We go over Bible lessons from Cubbies or our daily devotion ~ discussing what we see on our walk (nature, people, things that happened at school)

I teach! We do school lessons (or review) ~ we read signs, numbers, colors.  We talk about the changing seasons, weather, and everything in between (I have done many heart to heart and life lessons while on our morning walk(s)).

While the two big boys are in the jogger, I pack the T-Man in the ERGObaby.

Multitask #1 ~ I am strength training by adding 22+lbs of baby to my walk.

Multitask #2 ~ Mr. T is happy, content, and WARM!

Multitask #3 ~ This is also a good way for him to take his morning nap!

This is Daisy, our dog.  She is 6.5years old.  My little princess, my ‘first born’.  Each morning by taking her for a walk – she gets exercise, attention, and affection.  Multitask – bring the family pet along too!

Another way I multitask while on my morning walk, I pick up recyclables that people toss out of the cars alongside the road.  Gross, perhaps?

I find that this is great life lessons for my children: the importance of taking care of our planet, recycling, and money managment [different ways to make money (I make about $10 every other month by recycling tossed out cans/plastic).]

I know as Mom’s we always have something pressing and important on our ‘to do’ list.  More often than not, taking care of our self is not a top priority.  OR if exercise is a priority… quality time spent with your children fall off the list.  It is a daunting juggling game, trust me – I KNOW!  This is just what I personally do as part of my routine.  My children expect this.  This is our normal.

How do YOU multitask your every day ‘to do list’ while juggling the responsibilities of fitness, health, and CHILDREN?