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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you wanted to add in all those other activities, you’d really need to [b]pick up the kids after school around 3, not 5.[/b]  [/quote]

This.  Kids cannot do many activities if they are tired or short of time.  All the commuting takes a lot of time - not just the travel time but also waiting for the bus and its circuitous route. Then, commuting to various EC activities are also a big time suck.

We did everything to cut down the commute time for our kids - dropping and picking them (and sometimes their neighborhood friends) from school,  making sure that my kids had pillows, snacks, blankets in the car so that they could rest enroute (school was 35 minutes away), as well as paying extra to have tutors and teachers to come home to teach them Music (singing and instrument), Art, Chess, Dance, Math, French  at home.  My kids did sports at school and were on the track team.

I was also working 10 hr - 4 days from home, and Friday off.  I used to get up at 5am to exercise and then cook for the whole day  before my kids were up.  During the weekend, my DH took them to competitions and performances connected to their EC, or sports,  he also outside chores (shopping, dry-cleaning, bank, car maintenance, yard work) or outings as a family. We also entertained a lot - at least hosted a dinner every two weeks.  So,  on Fridays,  I basically did the laundry for the week (I have a big laundry room with 2 washers and 2 dryers) I also cooked for weekend entertaining.

I had a cleaning lady who cleaned my house on Fridays, I paid her extra for helping with some food prep (cutting, chopping), she also folded laundry, set up table for hosting etc.

The only way to get in your exercise, have home cooked meals, kids doing multiple activities, have a clean and functional home, socialize etc,  regardless of if you are working or at home - is to divide and conquer tasks.  Outsource what can be outsourced based on your income, and realize that your kids are physically only capable of doing a fixed amount of activities in a day. They also need a lot of free time to decompress, to do basic grooming and self-care, to finish homework, to socialize etc. [/quote]

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