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Hi guys welcome back to my channel.
In today's video I'm going to be doing
an updated evening routine for you guys with three kids.
So if you're new to my channel I would love for you to
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And yeah.
I'm just gonna walk you through
what we do on an average evening.
And my friend Kate Murnane is also doing a video like this
so I will link her channel down below.
She is doing an evening routine
and we are actually having the same dinner tonight
so I will tell you more about that in a minute.
But yes I'm just gonna walk you through
and I hope you enjoy it.
And let's get straight into it.
So everyone is back home this evening at about 4:30
because after school Fraser had a piano lesson
and as soon as the boys get in Caleb
will put on his pajamas immediately
and Jackson is there looking a little bit disheveled
from the day.
But normally they will play with their toys.
Fraser will want his iPad for about an hour before dinner.
He's always exhausted after school.
They'll also want snacks like mini Cheddars
or oranges like this.
And Jackson has also really been enjoying
using his new sand and water table.
When I filmed this it was about 13 degrees outside
and he was kind of going in and out
like it wasn't that cold.
But yeah he's really enjoyed playing
with the sand and what I do
is I will hide little toys within the sand.
Like little cars or little fun food.
That kind of thing and he seems to be really enjoying that.
And while he is playing outside nicely
I'm going to make a start on dinner.
For dinner tonight we are having lamb leftovers
and I will show you how I'm gonna use up our lamb
but I will also put the recipe in the description
down below so if you want to go ahead
and get ingredients and quantities
you can definitely get that in the description.
But basically a couple of weeks ago
I went to an Iceland Easter event.
Or Feaster as they're calling it
because it is an Easter feast.
But at that event I got to meet
their development chef Neal from Iceland.
And he gave me an amazing recipe for lamb.
But not only a recipe for leg of lamb also
an amazing way to use up the leftovers.
So that is what we're having tonight.
So firstly for this recipe
you will need lots of lovely spices
to create a marinade for your leg of lamb
so I did this a couple of nights ago
because on the first night of having this
we had a lamb roast.
So you will need coriander, paprika, cumin, cinnamon,
garlic puree, ginger puree, lemon zest and juice,
chili and then salt and pepper as well.
And you will mix that with some oil.
As I mentioned I will put all of the exact quantities
in the description down below if you want to create this.
But yeah stick it all in a bowl and give it a mix.
And then you need to get your huge leg of lamb.
I bought this from Iceland
and it was 1.8 kilograms in weight
and it was 15 pounds to buy.
But this will feed our family for a good
two to three nights if not some lunches as well
because it is so big.
But because it is big
you do have to defrost it over night
because it comes frozen from Iceland.
But once it has defrosted
you can just put your marinade all over it.
So just rub it all over it
and then cover it up in cling film
and put that in the fridge overnight
so that it can soak up all of the delicious spices.
And then you can roast it in the over the next day.
To cook it the next day you'll wanna put it into
a preheated oven that is at 160
and it will take three and a half hours to cook.
Then pop the lamb onto a roasting pan
or I actually use a grill rack
because I didn't have one that was big enough.
But yeah once it's on there
add 400 ml of water to the bottom of the pan
and then cover it loosely in tin foil.
And as I mentioned put it into the oven for
three and a half hours.
Just literally let it do its thing
and then you can enjoy a lovely lamb roast.
So that is how we had it on the first night.
But tonight we are gonna have the leftovers
shredded in delicious flatbreads.
So for the lamb flatbreads you will need some leftover lamb
which I have shredded up and put into a bowl.
Some iceberg lettuce which we will slice.
Some cucumber which we will chop up finely.
A red onion which we will chop up finely as well.
Some Greek yogurt.
Flabreads and also some chopped sweet almonds.
Once you have prepared all of your ingredients.
They are so easy to put together.
Even the kids could do this bit.
Just have to get your flatbread.
Fill it up with the lettuce and the lamb.
Put some Greek yogurt in and then the cucumber,
the red onion, and then
top it off with the chopped sweet almonds.
And that is it.
And they are so delicious.
I must admit I leave the red onions out of the boys ones
because they have said to me that they are spicy.
So they don't have that bit but they really enjoy them.
And they're obviously not like date food.
They're a little bit messy
but so worth it and so delicious.
And we can eat this now and then when Matt gets in later.
He will have his.
And yeah I would really recommend this recipe.
Definitely test it out.
And with dinner I'm giving the boys some milk.
They still have a beaker of milk
and I love these cups.
I think they're called CamelBak?
I'll link them down below.
And I also like these 360 beakers as well.
And then for pudding I wanted to show you
the most amazing mom hack.
And this I think is Iceland's best kept product secret.
They are frozen Millie's cookies.
They come in a variety of flavors.
My favorite and the boy's favorite as well
is the milk chocolate and toffee ones.
And yeah they're just delicious.
They come frozen so all you have to do
is stick them onto a backing tray.
Put them into the oven at 160 for 14 minutes
and then it is literally like freshly made Millie's cookies.
And I haven't actually told the kids
that these are frozen cookies.
I genuinely think that they think
that I am super mum.
And these are also really good if you are having a play date
or friends over and you wanna impress.
They're honestly so delicious.
I would definitely try these ones.
Caleb loves them.
Jackson is just a little bit too young
to eat one of these cookies
but he really enjoys these little custards.
After dinner the boys will normally play
with their toys or hang out on the couch and watch TV.
You can see them in the background there.
And I'm just gonna wipe down the high chair
with my Method cleaner and then
wipe up the floor underneath the highchair.
Get any crumbs that were there
and then I'm going to put all the dishes
into the dishwasher.
And sorry about this camera footage.
It is actually Fraser who is the camera man today
cause I'm on my own with the boys.
I enlisted him so he's shaking it all over the place.
But yeah I'll just tidy things away.
Give the surface a wipe down again with my Method cleaner.
And as you can see I'm doing all of this one handed
because Jackson is so clingy at the moment.
Especially at this time of day he starts to get tired
and he just wants to be held.
But I'm gonna try and clean up
the pots and pans that I used.
Give the table a good wipe.
And then also run around with my Dyson V8
and just hoover up the kids play area.
This just gets so many crumbs,
and bits of dirt, and stickers,
and like everything you can think of.
So I will just try and run around with that
again one handed.
I do try to tidy up as much as I can
before we go up for the bath
because it's the worst feeling
when you come down to a messy house
once all the kids are in bed.
Bath time and I'm gonna win.
That works every time.
They're just so competitive.
Yes but we'll come up stairs for bath time
and I brought Jackson's beaker of milk with us as well
because ideally I'd like him
to drink a little bit more of it before bed time.
But now I'm gonna run a bath for the boys
and I think I've showed this before
but I really like their non-slip bathmat
which is in the bath.
Then Jackson and I
will get all of the bath toys out from underneath the sink.
I normally literally just dump them all in
so that the boys can play with them
and then I will get Jackson in first
and then shout at the boys to get in the bath
about five times before they actually get in.
Once the boys are all in the bath.
I'll give them all a bit of a wash
and I will wash the two older boys hair every night.
I do that because they wear hair product in it every day
so I like to wash that out.
And then once they're all clean
I will get them out of the bath
and give them a good old dry.
Get a cuddle and a kiss.
And then the two big boys are really good at going
and putting on their own pajamas these days.
I'm also gonna try
and get Jackson to drink a little bit more milk
because I'm currently weaning him off of breast feeding
and then we will normally play some games.
Hello shop keeper.
- Hello.
- Do you have anything for a baby?
Maybe a troll?
- Oh no.
- He loves trolls.
- Well I've got a dummy just right here.
- Oh can I buy that please.
- Yes this one is just zero pounds.
- Zero pounds.
- Yeah but you can buy it but it costs no pounds.
- Oh brilliant.
What a bargain.
Thank you.
Else can I buy from the shop.
- Something that's really cool
what is it tied to have for babies or brothers
and it's brothers just like my mommy mated
and it's a card and you will like it
and it's so cool and you really will like it.
- Honestly he cracks me up.
But depending on the time we'll normally play hide and seek
or play with the soft toys.
Jackson will have a little go on the piano.
Before I go and put Jackson to sleep at about 6:30, 6:45.
Caleb is gonna play with Lego while I do that
and then Frazier is gonna do his piano practice
but wearing his headphones so it's completely silent.
And yeah I'll just go and put Jackson to bed.
Jackson has just gone to bed.
As I showed you he has beaker of warmish milk
and then I am still breastfeeding him
but I think it's literally like gonna stop in weeks.
He's not really that bothered anymore
but I just do for like a little bit of comfort.
And he's just gone straight to sleep at about 6:45.
Now I'm going to put Caleb to bed
and then I will move on to Frazier.
Then I'm gonna read to Caleb
and I'll let him choose a couple of books.
The first one is The Wolf The Duck and The Mouse.
And once I've read to him
then I will just give his back a little tickle
and he will go off to sleep.
Caleb is asleep now.
So now it's Fraser's turn.
(laugh)
So tell me.
What was the best part of your day?
Bloody dink.
The best think about ...
- Playing basket ball with Jacob, Freddy
and tennis and (mumbles)
- You played basketball and tennis today?
- I play basketball and tennis all the time.
- Do you?
What in lunch time?
- And play time.
- Oh wow.
That is the best thing.
Hey.
Right, shall we read a book?
Should you do spellings first?
And then we'll read a book yeah?
Yeah so every week Fraser has a spelling test
so we like to practice it almost every night if we can
because he has never not go 10 out of 10
so the pressure's on.
Then he's gonna choose a book.
He's actually chosen this one tonight.
13 1/2 Incredible Things.
And this is the page he wants to read.
All about flies.
Daddy's home.
- What's so funny?
(laughs)
- I'm not doing ...
- So daddy has made it home just in time
to see Fraser go to bed
and he's gonna play this tickle game with him.
Fraser's really funny about his neck so this cracks him up.
And then I'm gonna let Daddy put Fraser to bed
and go downstairs.
Sort out the lunch boxes.
Just empty out the kids bags from school.
Put anything that needs to go
into the dishwasher into the dishwasher.
Sort through their artwork, snacks, all that kind of thing.
And then get prepared for the next day.
So I will put our their school uniforms for the next day.
Put out their bags and shoes as well
so we're all set for the morning.
I'm even gonna get my outfit ready for the next day
and then hop in the shower
because I'm a mom I have to shower at night pretty much.
There's no time in the mornings.
At the moment I'm using Aveda shampoo and conditioner.
And then once I'm out of the shower
I'm going to do a face mask.
I was sent this recently from Origins.
So I'm gonna test it out
and it's one of these scary masks.
And then after that I'm gonna go down stairs.
Have a cup of tea and let my hair air dry as much as I can.
And then I'm just gonna get on with work
and editing this blog.
So that is our current evening routine.
I really hope you've enjoyed it.
Let me know what you think in the comments below
and if you want to check out anymore
Power Of Frozen videos with Iceland.
You can check them out on Channel Mum.
I will put the links in the description down below
and you can find lots of recipes
and ideas over there as well.
And yeah I hope you all have a really good Easter.
Lots of love from my family to yours.
And I'll see you in my next one.
Bye guys.
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