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Here are our typical morning and evening rituals:
Morning:
I typically wake up at 5AM to go running and biking, and I'm home by 6AM before the kids wake up. I let my wife sleep in until 7AM because she needs 8-9 hours of sleep at night to be functional. The kids all wake up between 6 & 7, and I feed them, change diapers, get them ready for school. Somewhere in there, I eat breakfast and even start a little housework if I feel ambitious. I wake the wife up at 7 and head into the shower to get ready for work. While I'm in the shower, she eats breakfast, feeds the baby, and ensures that the older ones are ready for school (or camp for a couple weeks this summer). After cleaning myself up, I get dressed, grab the briefcase, and head out the door to bring the older ones to the bus stop. From the bus stop, I'm off to work. My wife is at home tending to the babies and cleaning house.
Evenings:
The kids are in bed by 8 - 8:30PM. Tyipically, we just head to the bedroom to watch TV or read. At around 10 we are both ready to sleep, so we talk for about 30 minutes, and brush our teeth, etc. We then just drift of to sleep holding each other. And, yea, sometimes we skip the TV/reading part and have sex.
Weekends:
Unfortunately, the mornings and evenings aren't much different, but I don't work weekends, so the days are mostly reserved for recreation with the kids & shopping.
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