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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]730: Arrive at family 1 home.  Wake up the children, supervise getting dressed, brushing teeth, etc.
8:00: kids sit down to a quick breakfast with their mom
8:20: load up the car
8:30: dropped kids at school and drive to my second job

9: arrive at family 2 home, finish feeding newborn and get toddler twins dressed and ready for the day.  
9:15: fold a load of laundry with a newborn in my lap while toddlers play with toys
9:45: Feed toddlers a morning snack, baby decides to finish her bottle
10: out the door with toddlers for an activity
10:45 arrive at activity. Walk around the farm with toddlers picking A pumpkin
11:45: load toddlers back in the car, sing "The Wheels On The Bus" 15 times so they won't fall asleep
12:30:arrive home with toddlers, take newborn, swaddle her and put her in the swing for a nap, feed toddlers a snack/lunch, unload dishwasher and wash dishes while they eat
1:00 put toddlers down for a nap, finish dishes
1:20: bus arrives home, put away groceries and help with prep work for dinner
2:15 tidy up from dinner prep and hand wash breast pump parts
2:30 leave and go back to my first job
3: pick up family 1 kids from school, stop at store on the way home so that they can each choose a pumpkin to carve tomorrow
3:30 arrive home and have kids put their stuff away
3:45 tell kids that the weather is beautiful and they are not allowed inside until 430.  ;)
4:30: tell protesting kids that they have to come inside for a shower.  ;) get them showered and into pajamas.
5: have kids carry their laundry downstairs and supervise them in turning on the washing machine
5:15: have a tickle fight with kids while we wait for their mom to get home
6: MB arrives. Feed kids while she get started on a Halloween craft to do with them.
leave once dinner is on the table to drive back to my second job.
7: arrive at family 2. Try to convince toddlers to play downstairs without fighting for a few moments so that I can get everything set up for their bath upstairs

8: Bring toddlers and baby upstairs and give them all a bath (sometimes with help, sometimes without)
8:30 get kids dressed and ready for bed, sing songs and tell nursery rhymes
9: Took toddlers in, give baby back to her mom
9:30: arrive home and fall into bed.  :)[/quote]

Wow this is crazy. How are you not burnt out?[/quote]

It's temporary until family 1 finds a replacement and until family 2 settles into a routine with the newborn (she's less than a month).[/quote]

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