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Embracing The Homemaker Life | Day In The Life of a Stay at Home Mom: Clean With Me, Cooking & More
Jul 17, 2025
Welcome to a peaceful peek inside a real day in the life of a stay-at-home mom, where slow mornings, messy moments, and meaningful routines shape our days.
In this video, I’m embracing the heart of homemaking, serving my family with love, finding purpose in the little things, and living intentionally, one quiet moment at a time.
Whether you're folding laundry, homeschooling, or chasing toddlers with a cup of coffee in hand, I hope this video encourages you to embrace the beauty of your own home life. Let's normalize simple living, faith-filled motherhood, and the sacred work of homemaking.
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0:06
[Music]
0:19
Welcome. Today we're just going to be
0:21
doing a day in the life. Um, it's
0:23
already pretty late in the day. got a
0:25
late start because yesterday we had
0:27
family over and we blew up the bounce
0:29
house, the water slides, and we had a
0:31
pretty fun day yesterday. So, my husband
0:35
barbecued and all of that fun stuff. And
0:38
basically, I didn't pre-prep for the
0:40
week yesterday, like I like to do on
0:42
Sundays. So, today I'm going to try to
0:45
catch up a little bit. I'm going to try
0:46
to make some bread. Um, we're going to
0:48
do some dinner today. Going to do a
0:50
little bit of home school, clean up a
0:52
little bit. just feel like I'm just a
0:55
little bit behind because I didn't
0:57
pre-prep. So, just looking around, it's
0:59
not too too bad. Like, I'll show you
1:00
guys. My daughter's birthday was this
1:02
past week as well. So, I still have like
1:04
buffet serving dishes out, but at least
1:07
like the sink isn't too bad. So, but
1:10
definitely like got swimsuits and towels
1:12
on the table from yesterday with water
1:14
play. Um, yeah, some stuff to meet we
1:18
need to be doing in here. For now, I'm
1:20
just going to get the kids fed and try
1:23
to get the meat into some cool water so
1:26
that it can hurry and thaw because I
1:28
would love to be able to just put it in
1:29
the slow cooker and let it cook so that
1:31
I can catch up on the cleaning and stuff
1:33
today. So, let's just go ahead and just
1:36
see where the day takes us. Change of
1:38
plans. We got to go change her diaper
1:41
and her dress. It's actually been a
1:42
little while since we did a day in the
1:46
life.
1:47
Um,
1:50
I've been trying to do like some helpful
1:52
like sit down content, some homemaking
1:56
content, but I haven't done a whole lot
1:59
of motherhood and parenting content.
2:03
So, I want to do a bit more of that,
2:05
especially while babies, the kids are
2:07
babies and littles. So,
2:11
a lot of that does just look like this.
2:13
A day in the life of me just doing all
2:15
the mama stuff. What are you going to
2:17
wear today, Nia?
2:33
[Music]
2:42
[Music]
2:54
What's wrong, baby girl? I see you
2:57
walking back there.
3:01
Yeah.
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Hey,
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[Music]
3:35
All
3:44
right. So, I got the chicken in some
3:46
cool water and Va is eating some
3:48
muffins. But I'm also making her the
3:50
peanut butter banana bread waffles by
3:53
Evergreen. Six g of protein. So, I'm
3:56
going to see if she likes these.
3:59
Is it good? Is it yum?
4:09
I think she looks like she might be
4:11
coming down with like a cold or
4:13
something this morning. I thought that
4:14
she was a little bit warm. Um
4:19
the temperature was reading like 98, but
4:22
I only did a forehead temp. So I always
4:24
just estimate a little bit higher than
4:26
where she's getting from the forehead
4:28
temperature. So, pretty sure she has
4:30
fever this morning, but she feels she
4:33
seems to be a little bit better now, but
4:36
I can see in her eyes, I just think she
4:37
looks tired. So, I don't know. Like, we
4:40
had a long week. We had lots of people
4:42
over throughout the week, so it's
4:44
possible. But these are But this is what
4:47
the waffles looks like. They're pretty
4:49
soft. So, I'm going to give her one of
4:51
these and see if she likes it. So, let's
4:54
take a quick break here and take a
4:57
moment and step away from our motherly
4:59
duties and get into a bit of homemaking.
5:01
So, if you guys need some homemaking and
5:03
cleaning motivation, then this is the
5:05
part here. I'm getting ready to begin
5:07
dinner prep while both the kids are
5:08
taking a nap right after they ate lunch.
5:12
They both fell right to sleep. And so,
5:14
that's like the perfect most ideal time
5:16
for me to prepare dinner, at least if I
5:18
want to do so uninterrupted. So, I'm
5:21
going to go ahead and chop some veggies
5:23
and throw those inside of the slow
5:25
cooker. And then I'm going to add the
5:27
chicken that I took out to thaw. It took
5:30
a couple of hours to thaw in cool water.
5:32
Now, it's ready for me to go ahead and
5:33
put it inside of my Pioneer Woman slow
5:35
cooker. It has two settings where I can
5:37
either do a very low setting for 8 hours
5:40
or I can do a medium high setting for 4
5:43
hours. And so that's what I'm going to
5:45
be doing. Just slow cooking this for 4
5:47
hours so that we'll be able to eat
5:48
dinner around 7:00 tonight. So putting
5:52
that in right now while the little ones
5:54
are asleep. And then I'm just going to
5:56
get into some cleaning. Just trying to
5:58
get a lot of my homemaking done. It
6:01
typically takes me about an hour and a
6:03
half to get it done. So morning is, you
6:06
know, just that morning breakfast prep,
6:09
homeschool, all that good stuff. And
6:11
then afternoon is when the kids are
6:14
having their downtime when I'm able to
6:16
get a lot of my homemaking done. So
6:18
that's typically when I'm doing dinner
6:20
or cleaning up after breakfast. It's not
6:22
really a strict schedule, just more so
6:24
like just a flow or a daily rhythm.
6:26
Later on tonight after we have dinner,
6:28
I'll do like a quick evening tidy again.
6:31
And that one is going to be a lot
6:33
shorter. Probably take me somewhere
6:35
around, I don't know, maybe 10 to 15
6:37
minutes. So yeah, midday is pretty much
6:39
the bulk of it. And that's dinner prep
6:42
and after breakfast cleaning.
6:51
[Music]
6:59
[Music]
7:05
This is good a day as they need
7:10
to. start the rebuild of life.
7:15
The roads that lay open are many
7:19
when the old ones gone under the knife.
7:24
And I can feel
7:27
the sun
7:29
on my skin.
7:31
[Music]
7:35
Begin
7:37
to thought from within.
7:44
[Music]
7:47
Today,
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not tomorrow.
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There's no
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time to borrow.
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Today
8:00
is a good day to live.
8:08
This morning
8:10
I need
8:13
to see the horizon.
8:18
Excuses were too for a penny.
8:22
But they've all gone out the window of
8:25
this car. And when I feel
8:30
the wind
8:32
on my face.
8:37
[Music]
8:38
All that ever was
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a
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not tomorrow.
8:55
There's no
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time to borrow
9:01
today.
9:03
Well, something's got to give today.
9:08
It's a good day to
9:13
not tomorrow.
9:16
There's no
9:18
time to borrow
9:21
today.
9:24
Well, something's got to give today.
9:28
It's a good day to
9:33
[Music]
9:49
[Music]
9:52
Heat. Heat.
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[Music]
10:13
and not tomorrow.
10:16
There's no
10:19
time to borrow.
10:21
[Music]
10:24
Well, something's got to give. Today
10:29
is a good day today
10:34
and not tomorrow.
10:36
There's no
10:39
time to borrow.
10:44
Well, something's got to give today.
10:49
It's a good day. day.
10:53
[Music]
10:54
It's a good day.
10:59
It's a good day to live.
11:15
Na is definitely running a slight fever.
11:19
Um, I wasn't sure earlier. He definitely
11:21
has a slight fever. Noah, he was up
11:25
pretty early this morning. I think he
11:26
woke up at 7:00 a.m. And so, honestly,
11:30
both of the kids were a little bit tired
11:33
and they went down for an early nap
11:37
today. So, we actually didn't do
11:39
homechool today, which we plan to, but
11:42
that's okay because in the summertime we
11:44
do a more relaxed like summer homechool
11:48
schedule. I just talked a lot about that
11:50
in the very last video that I posted if
11:52
you're interested if you're a homeschool
11:54
family or if you're interested in seeing
11:55
how we homeschool in the summertime. So,
11:58
um, with baby girl having a fever and us
12:01
just having a long week, I actually had
12:04
a cold as well. I had like a 3-day cold
12:08
or something. So, we just had an
12:12
eventful past week. Na's birthday was
12:16
Wednesday. My husband and I celebrated
12:18
our 9-year wedding anniversary. Um, Naa
12:23
turned a year old. What else? We had
12:26
company over. So, we had like a little
12:29
backyard barbecue and water play and
12:32
bounce house. And I had a cold for a
12:36
couple of days. Now, Na is running a
12:38
fever. Um,
12:40
and about a week before Naa's birthday,
12:43
Noah had a cold for about 3 days. So
12:46
yeah, it's just been pretty much us
12:48
trying to catch back up and get back to
12:50
like normal, I guess, or whatever that
12:52
is. I mean, this is normal, right?
12:55
Because things like this happened. So,
12:56
basically, we just didn't do homeschool
12:58
today. Um, after I fed the kids lunch,
13:02
they Noah went straight to sleep. The
13:05
van, she needed to be rocked, but like I
13:07
could see it in her eyes and in her face
13:09
and everything. So, I like just sat down
13:12
with her. I didn't do anything. I tried
13:15
to get some work done, but um I
13:18
couldn't. So, yeah, I could tell she
13:21
wasn't feeling the best. So, I kind of
13:22
just sat down and read a book and just
13:26
rocked her and held her. She fell
13:28
asleep. I even held her for a while
13:30
while she was sleep just to make sure
13:31
that she could get a good amount of
13:33
sleep since I know she's not feeling
13:34
that well. Um, and then for the last
13:37
little bit of her nap, I went
13:38
downstairs, which you guys saw, and I
13:41
put dinner in the slow cooker and tidied
13:45
up a bit and knew she would want a lot
13:48
of my time so that I'm not standing over
13:51
the stove the whole time. I also knew
13:52
she wouldn't nap for too too long. Um, I
13:55
just went ahead and did it in the slow
13:57
cooker and just put like some spices in
13:59
there that might be good for the whole
14:01
family's immune system like turmeric,
14:04
garlic, onion, ginger, things like that.
14:08
And I also cold brew um put a cold brew
14:12
tea in the fridge as well for myself. I
14:14
want to make bread, but I don't know yet
14:17
if I'm going to be able to do that. If I
14:19
can't do it tonight, then I'll at least
14:20
get up in the morning and do some bread.
14:24
I would love to have done it today so
14:25
that we could have some maybe with
14:27
breakfast tomorrow like French toast or
14:30
peanut butter toast for Naa, you know,
14:32
but we'll see. Right now, I'm honestly
14:36
just going to hold her, nurse her, and
14:40
um you know, see what else I might be
14:43
able to get done. But yeah, that's
14:46
pretty much what this day is looking
14:48
like. Sometimes your babies just need
14:51
you. And I think that that's productive,
14:54
too. So important that we not always be
14:57
rushing and trying to get our mile long
15:00
to-do list done, especially if we have
15:02
babies that need us. And that's really
15:04
important, too. So, yeah, our family is
15:06
all about intentionality, slowing down,
15:08
not rushing through things, and kind of
15:10
just, you know, being present in those
15:12
moments.
15:26
There was sun and there was rain.
15:30
Beauty in the mundane.
15:35
And as the light
15:38
startled our eyes, we let go of
15:41
disguise.
15:42
[Music]
15:47
And now
15:49
there's something in the air
15:53
and a sparkly shimmer on our skin.
15:58
Restoring everything within.
16:02
[Music]
16:03
Oh,
16:07
dreamy breezy we go.
16:13
Easy, easy on our tiptoes.
16:18
Underco
16:21
agents of the other.
16:24
Beyond gravel, beyond.
16:29
[Music]
16:35
Hand in hand, building castles out of
16:39
sand,
16:41
reaching for the grand
16:46
swine,
16:48
we lose track of time. And up high, now
16:52
we climb.
16:54
[Music]
16:55
Oh,
16:59
dreamy breezy we go.
17:05
Easy, easy on our tiptoes.
17:10
Underco
17:13
agents of the other.
17:16
Beyond gravel, beyond.
17:19
So, since this morning, right now is the
17:21
first break that I have gotten away from
17:23
my daughter. Um, she has been running a
17:27
slight fever and it's going through all
17:30
of the feels. So, yesterday I didn't get
17:32
to do my bread. So, I did the bread and
17:36
I'm going to check it and hopefully it's
17:38
ready to be shaped so that we can let it
17:40
finish rising and then once that's done,
17:42
we can put it in the pan and then get it
17:44
baked in the oven. The boys are out at
17:46
swim. Noah had swim rehearsal today,
17:49
swim lessons. So that's where they are.
17:52
See,
17:56
so it did double in size.
18:12
Try and get this out.
18:18
That's it. And I'm literally just going
18:21
to go ahead and
18:24
add this up some.
18:49
Oh yeah, it's coming together. It's a
18:52
pretty good texture. Can work with this
18:54
for sure.
19:04
Stretching it.
20:22
Let this finish rising.
20:27
I'm going to get the stuff cleaned up so
20:30
I can start on dinner.
20:44
I text my husband because I'm trying to
20:46
make sure he didn't pick up dinner
20:48
because sometimes he does that when
20:52
they're out and I don't want to
20:56
waste anything. So,
20:59
if not, then we're just going to have
21:01
some spaghetti and meatballs. Something
21:03
very easy and simple to make.
21:31
So, I preheated the oven and I still
21:34
have to let the bread rise for another
21:36
45 minutes, but um it's sitting on top
21:41
of the stove. So, that's going to help
21:45
it to rise faster cuz the oven is
21:47
preheated. So, it's not in the oven, but
21:49
it's on top of it. So, got to give it a
21:51
little bit of warm warmth to help it
21:53
rise a little bit. Then, we'll put it in
21:56
the oven. Bake it up
22:00
and then we will have bread at least for
22:03
the next few days
22:11
because right now we have none.
22:26
I got a few more dishes here to add to
22:30
the dishwasher.
22:32
Oh, wait. My husband started the
22:33
dishwasher. So, sometimes I won't start
22:35
the dishwasher immediately cuz I know
22:37
there's a few more dishes that I can
22:38
still add and I would rather start it
22:40
when everything is in there from the
22:42
day. But my husband, he'll just go
22:44
behind me and start it. So, that's what
22:45
he did, which is fine. Um, we just got a
22:49
few of them. So, we'll put those in
22:50
there with the dinner dishes. This day
22:52
in the life definitely didn't go the way
22:54
that I planned for it to go. It was
22:56
supposed to be one day in the life, not
22:57
two days in the life. Um, and yeah, with
23:00
the baby having this like fever and
23:03
everything. I don't know. It's just been
23:04
a long week for us. So, just catching
23:06
up. And again, I try not to like just
23:08
rush things and force things. Um, we've
23:12
really been leaning into intentionality
23:14
and slow living, so just going with the
23:16
day. It's pretty peaceful and quiet. Um,
23:21
the boys are out right now, so that will
23:23
be why. But I tried to film a lot of
23:27
this just in real time with you guys
23:30
just hearing like the background noise
23:31
and everything going on so that we can
23:34
kind of just go through this days
23:35
together. Yeah, a lot of it was just
23:37
down time with us just sitting down, me
23:40
nursing the baby and just relaxing and
23:42
things like that. But now at this point,
23:45
I'm just going to go ahead and make
23:46
some, like I said, some spaghetti. Very
23:48
simple. I'm just going to ground some
23:50
beef and boil some pasta noodles with
23:53
some tomato sauce and throw some
23:55
meatballs in the oven. And that is how
23:58
we're going to pretty much end our day
23:59
here. But yeah, I hope that you guys
24:02
pretty much just enjoy hanging out a
24:04
little bit. It's been a little bit of
24:05
time since we've done that. I'm going to
24:07
do another one of these in the next few
24:09
weeks and update you guys because we
24:11
have some exciting new things coming up
24:13
for us this year that I have to share
24:16
with you all. But that's going to be all
24:18
for today's day in the life. Thank you
24:20
guys for hanging out with me and I will
24:22
see you guys in the next one.
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