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[quote=Anonymous]Cleaners and a nanny are a good start. I will add some hope for you that at age 4 and 6 my kids started to be helpful - buy that you have to invest a lot of time teaching them. At age 6 and 8, they are actually useful for laundry sorting, folding, putting away, emptying and loading dishwasher, packing snacks and lunches, and tidying up the house. That sounds like it’s a long way away, but it’s really not.

In the mean time, simplify your life. Do grocery delivery or curbside pick-up only. I use Harris Teeter, my neighbor does Amazon Fresh. Get yourself a postal scale and lots of stamps. Find a dry cleaner that picks up and delivers. Find a wash and fold by the pound laundry place if that helps you. Amazon Prime. Target curbside. Do NOT go in stores. Do not drive to more store than you need to. 
If your kids eat a different meal than the adults, consider meal delivery. My kids have sports several days a week and are happy to eat sandwiches. For my husband and I, we have Vegetable and Butcher meals for dinner 2-4 nights a week. A lot of people like Mighty Meals. Meal delivery. Not meal kit that you still make. 
If you are buying and retuning a lot of clothes, why? Find 1-3 places that fit your kids and learn their sizes. Mine are Gap Kids, Hanna, and Primary. Get 3 storage bins - one for things too small for your youngest, one for each kid to grow into or try on when the season comes around again. Maybe a 4th bin for shoes and sports gear. Swap the kids closet twice or 4x a year and make yourself a note of what they need more of so you can watch for sales. Don’t make kids try on clothes. Find a pair of pants that fit and hold them up to the new pants.

For planning, my husband and I sit down once a month and plan details for the upcoming 4-6 weeks. We also make general plans for the next 2 seasons so we can get reservations or register kids for activities. That way he is looking at the calendar with me and can realize that if he wants to visit his parents, go to a fall festival, and take the kids camping between Labor Day and Thanksgiving that we need to pencil in the weekends.

Finally ages 1 and 4 is tough. It gets easier in some ways (no naps or diapers, they wipe their own butts!) and harder in others (summer camp signup in Jan, car pool, random days schools are closed) - but mostly easier. [/quote]

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