Bailey Talbot is a mom of two girls, a fourth-grade teacher for Denton ISD, and a wife to Tom, a salesman for Huffines Kia Subaru of Corinth. This dynamic duo lives in Denton with their 3-year-old daughter, Allison; 7-month-old daughter, Grace; labrador retriever, Cole; and dwarf hamster, Pluto. Life is always interesting at the Talbot house.
4:30AM And so it begins. I wake up every morning during the week at this time so I am able to get ready for the day with some peace and quiet. I tiptoe out of bed to the bathroom in complete darkness, avoiding a 65-pound Labrador in an attempt to keep from waking my sweet husband. However, I’m not sure that it is completely necessary since he sleeps with military-grade earplugs and a face mask that says, “do not disturb.”
5:30AM I am dressed and ready for work. Now it is time for my first giant cup of coffee and boiled egg whites. Allison wakes up early this morning and begins yelling for someone to come get her.
5:45AM Allison is dressed for school, teeth are brushed and hair is done (complete with a giant bow. Our motto is, the bigger the bow, the closer to Jesus). Now it is Grace’s turn to wake up and get a diaper change.
6AM Breakfast is served. Allison sits to eat her sausage and biscuits while Grace and I snuggle up on the couch for her morning bottle.
6:15AM We all go in the bedroom to tell Tom bye. Allison wakes him up by tickling his side. After goodbyes are finished, I load up both girls in their car seats, place backpacks and diaper bag in the car, and head to my mom’s house before I go to work. Oma, my mom, watches Grace during the day, and she takes Allison to preschool at 8:30.
6:35AM Girls are dropped off, so this means I have 10 minutes of quiet time on my way to work. I take this time to listen to The Kidd Kraddick Morning show, something I have done for over 10 years.
6:45AM Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to work I go. Now it’s time to make sure everything is ready for my lessons, work on making copies for the next week, enter lesson plans and have coffee No. 2.
7:40AM The school day has officially begun. I love my job; you never know what the day will bring.
8:45AM I take my students to Special Areas. Typically we have some sort of meeting during this time period so I wear my backpack with my supplies in it to rush straight to the conference room.
11:17AM Time to take the kiddos to lunch. By the time I run the students through the lunch line and get back to my classroom, I have about 15 minutes to eat lunch. I have become a pro at eating lunch quickly.
3PM Dismissal time … I take my students down to the gym and quickly head outside. I am responsible for sending each student to a station to be placed in their parent’s car. After dismissal, we usually have a meeting, but today’s meeting was canceled (silent cheer).
4:20PM Time to go by the church to pick Allison up from school.
4:35PM If I time it just right, I can miss the traffic from the high school nearby … today is not one of those days. Allison
and I are on our way to Oma’s house to pick up Grace and get ready for Allison’s school program.
4:50PM We rush into Oma’s, change everyone’s clothes, fix hair and hop back in the car to eat dinner at Subway.
5:10PM Soup’s on! Allison is eating her club sandwich while I eat mine and feed Grace baby food in between bites of sandwich. I feel like becoming a mom has also made me a master of multitasking. After dinner, we head back to church.
6PM Yes, I do realize we are 30 minutes early to a program that only lasts 30 minutes, but we want good seats. I rock Grace to sleep while we wait.
6:30PM Let the show begin! Allison waves and yells, “Hey, guys!” from the stage. She sings her songs … sort of, and afterward we go to have cookies and lemonade.
7PM Allison and I leave to go to WinCo; however, Tom has to come meet us because I forgot my debit card at home. Oops! We buy Popsicles, ice cream, and mac and cheese because Allison is having a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in the morning.
8PM I bathe Allison, get her ready for bed and sneak a few minutes of snuggle time. It’s weird without Grace here. She is sleeping at my mom’s house since we have to be in Hurst in the morning for the surgery.
8:30PM We take Allison upstairs, say our prayers, sing Soft Kitty (yes, the song from The Big Bang Theory), and give a kiss good night.
9PM I lay out everyone’s clothes for the morning, take my bath to wind down, and watch an episode of Gossip Girl.
9:40PM Good night world! I crawl into the covers, plug in my phone, set my alarm and drift off to sleep.
