We had an interesting but brief conversation with Gabrielle Blair, a mother of six beautiful children, and the voice that followed the mother of a successful site design. You are one of the great executives behind Alt Design Summit and Mama 2.0, and you can continue to learn to know how our interview went.
Oh, did we tell you that Gabrielle and her husband made a big decision to move to the French countryside one day? Yes, the psyche!
When asked what her day was like in life, Gabrielle told us about her country, wife, mother, and boss. The highlight (Ferris wheel) of his day was usually dinner time, and he explained how his entire day builds up until dinner time. At 7:30 am each day, she and her husband, Ben, are up all night preparing for school.
She makes her older children a light French breakfast while Ben prepares to take them to school. While they are out, she prepares for the little ones to go to school, and when Ben returns, she helps out by finishing and taking them to school at 8:20 am, after which she takes the child for a walk. When all the children are out, Gabrielle goes to wash the clothes, make the beds, and do whatever she can.
At about 9:30 a.m., Ben and Gabrielle start working on their to-do list and plan on common home-care issues while hanging out with a June baby. When June gets bored, she goes to bed after lunch, giving Mom and Dad time to run errands. The students then arrive home from school at 5:00 pm, and the whole family is busy with homework, schoolwork, seating, and dinner.
Dinner is usually served at 7:00 pm, after which the whole family clears up after dinner. At 8:00 pm, the children are ready for bed, the younger ones are studying, and the adults are doing what the older children are doing – Skype with friends until they need to go to bed.
At 11:00 pm, Gabrielle and Ben are back at work and making phone calls. After this, they sleep and play or work late into the night.
Gabrielle was adamant in her refusal to focus on exercise, not on all the children she was supposed to care for, and the homework she had to do without a babysitter and caregiver. He also told us how easy it was to spend time alone with Ben while living in the U.S. Their time spent in movies and ice cream shops were made possible as older children looked after younger children. So it was a win-win situation.
NO DOUBT Gabrielle Blair loves her family. She is a caring wife, a loving mother, and a successful businessman. Gabrielle Blair is our daily crushing woman.
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