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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have three kids (5/3/1).

I think there are a few things I don't totally understand. Mostly what it is you are trying to get done?

I agree with your overall point. It is hard to get stuff done on the weekends with small kids! This is just true. But I feel like when you are saying stuff like 'need to do online shopping and pay bills online' I get confused. Can one of you do some of that during the week? I don't have any of that on my weekend list. And if you can't do it during the week this seems like an easy thing to do post bedtime while watching tv or something?

I workout during the week but DH usually goes for a run on the weekend and I'll watch the kids. One day one of us will use nap to mow the lawn and the other parent will watch the non napping kid/s. The other day I will go to the stores to do 'shopping' usually target and a grocery store. I will leave somewhere 11:30-12:30 (baby goes down at noon) and take one kid with me to let DH maximize 'nap' for laundry.

If we have anything 'extra' beyond this standard set of weekend chores, it's tough to fit in and post bedtime is usually where it has to go. And you seem to be focused on church, which is fine, but a mass relocation of children is pretty tough. Church would involve getting everyone dressed, into the car, there, back home, fed, changed etc. So anything like that is going to eat 3 hours of both parents' time.

I feel like you write off everything post nap as a lost cause though and it really doesn't have to be.

Like I said I'm having trouble figuring what it is you are trying to fit in but I'd recommend trying to do whatever it is with one kid, or be comfortable with one parent watching both post nap. But it seems like a waste to do like, electronic bill pay at that time when like...why haven't you already automated all of that? That is not something anyone should be spending much time on. [/quote]

This all sounds familiar and similar to me.  The online bill paying stuff, amazon cart loading, etc happens in between everything else, during natural down times, when we're in the car, or more often in the evenings.  Laundry happens whenever - we throw in loads and go about our day, and usually fold in the evening but DH and I do it together so it takes like 15 minutes.   Vacuuming happens during our post-nap afternoons, usually.  We clean as we go (kitchen, etc) and do deeper cleans (kitchen, bathroom) mornings usually while one parent takes the kids out.  We don't have any outside help but we do have a small apartment which helps.[/quote]

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