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[quote=Anonymous]I don't like your schedule, so you should fix that. You don't have energy because you don't have enough sleep and your evening is exhausting, not fun.

-prep dinner the night before. Either get it to the point where you just reheat, or set it in the crock pot to be ready when you get home. 
-One of you needs to be home earlier. Can someone start work at 7? I work 7-4pm, that's 9 hours and I'm still home earlier than you. 
-everyone needs to go to bed earlier.

Our schedule- 
9 am- DH drops kids at daycare or school (school is earlier, he has 2 drop offs)
4pm- I leave work
4:30-I arrive home with a 3 kids in tow. I immediately throw snacks at them (they're hangry!) and we play outside for 30 min. Dinner is either heating or in the oven.
5pm- we all eat if DH is working late. If DH is home, we can wait until 5:45. We take a walk after dinner as a family. Then we do 30 min of educational stuff. Parents rotate helping kids, teaching them to read, math etc. 
7pm- baby gets super quick bath, then the older 2 take baths while I put the baby to bed and read her baby books. 
7:30- I read to the older 2 kids for 30 min. (this is the best part of all 3 of ours day)
8:15- they're in bed
DH and I do chores for about an hour, prep dinner, then relax the rest of the night.

If it's a nasty day outside or winter and dark, we play games together. Kids are obsessed with games. We do Trouble, Life, ticket to ride, Go Fish, Uno, headbanz, etc. [/quote]

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