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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Yeah I guess if OP is looking for a detailed breakdown ours would be (and asterisk here that we now live in the suburbs and have organized our life in a way that we have a crapton of kid's stuff and don't need to 'leave' the house frequently).

We set up older two kids with cereal the day before, they wake up, eat breakfast together and put on cartoons at like 6:30-7. DH or I wake up and come down with baby between 7:30-8. The other one sleeps in till whenever they want, usually NLT 9. Then we get going. Kids outside playing, DH goes for a run with the dogs. We are playing with the kids until Saturday nap. Then I will go shopping with one of the other two. DH will get laundry moving. I will be out usually like 12-4. Come home, clean out fridge from the last week, put away groceries, sit down for a few minutes, then I'm making dinner and DH is outside with the kids while they play or he's taking a break while they play in the playroom. Dinner around 6, then they have screen time, baby in bed at 7:30, bigger kids at 8:30 (we trade off bedtimes). Then I clean the kitchen and do a vacuum if necessary and am usually on the couch by 9:30.

Day 2, morning is basically the same but DH and I always do the crossword puzzles on Sunday together, kind of watching the kids as we do it and they play. Then nap and we do housework/yardwork during the afternoon. Try to get a walk in here but doesn't always happen. DH gets all laundry done over the weekend, fit in here and there. And we generally have to mow, which is 2-3 hours. Kids have to clean the playroom on Sundays, usually before/right after dinner but this takes adult supervision. Usually DH because I am cooking dinner. And then again eat, screen time, bedtimes, cleaning the kitchen time, sofa.

I work out during the week. slipped in where there is an extra 30-60 minutes here and there. I work from home which is the only way this is possible. DH goes to a sports thing on thursday nights and I will watch the kids then. I sometimes have a night with friends during the week and he will watch them. And like I said anything online/bill pay/shopping happens during the week.

We will avoid having to pack everyone up to leave most of the time because there is too much time wasted. The getting ready, in the car, packing the back, driving somewhere and then having to do it on the backend just leaves too much time with kids not getting energy out and house stuff not done. With the nap restrictions it just isn't worth it usually. Although this weekend we did pack up and go to a birthday party at the beach and it was fun and not that hard and made me think we should try it more often! [/quote]

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