My bestie Mama L wrote a blog about her routines(http://stickybabychronicles.blogspot.com/2010/08/routine-love.html) at home...and it has got me thinking for the last few days...."What are mine and Daddy's daily and weekend rituals?, and what do I love about them?"

So here it is...this is what I love about our life:

• Despite my whinging, I love to be woken up by our crazy dog who is sprawled across the middle of our bed (and therefore not allowing me to stretch my legs fully), as though the whole bed should belong to him. Or the fact that he knows when bed time is because when Daddy and I go to bed our little puppy is already lying on the bed chilling out waiting for us
• Monday to Fridays are pretty much same same...we wake up around 6:45am and within 25 minutes we are out of the house and in the car on the way to work. Even though we do the same thing every day, and one would think that our dog would have the routine down packed, its still a battle to get him outside. He senses that we are about to leave because as we are brushing our teeth he frantically follows us around wanting some attention and when we stand by the laundry door calling out his name 20 times, he just sits there, looks up at us and then just looks the other way and starts walking towards our bedroom door as if he is saying "umm no thanks, I think I will go back to bed instead of going outside". We have gotten past the point of frustration and instead just have a good o'l chuckle at the fact that he (is) thinks he is the king of the house
• Although going to work is not exactly my favourite past time activity, one of my favourite things is driving to work with Daddy, stopping at our favourite coffee shop near Daddy's work, and grabbing our skinny latte and soy cappuccino to set us up for the day. What I love the most is that Vinnie who owns the coffee shop, greets us by name and knows exactly what coffee we both have.
• Weekends at home are by far the best time for Daddy and I. During the footy season Spurs and I proudly sit on the spectators bench at Albert Park (a couple of plastic chairs really) and watch Daddy run around the field playing football (lots of shouting from my part I must admit!). Spurs loves going to the club house as he gets lots of cuddles and attention by the boys (I am working on trying to convince them to make him the team mascot). If (and only IF) we are feeling up to it, we walk around the park to get some exercise. On Sundays, I wake up, put the kettle on and make Daddy and I a cuppa and then he, Gomez (cat) and Spurs settle on the couch, and watch a little tv while I make us bacon and eggs. Now we have a pretty decent couch, its nice and big....but my three favourite boys all cuddle together on one side of the couch (this beautiful scene only lasts a few minutes before the crazy dog starts to lick and annoy the cat and then chase him around the house)

So there you have it boys and girls....this is our routine and we LOVE IT! - wouldn't have it any other way :)