An Ambitious Schedule

A few months ago, I got tired of feeling that important tasks were going undone and that our family would be so much happier off if we could make better use of our time during the workday. I made a daily schedule for the five weekdays and then outlined when each task needed to be worked on.

I started by plugging in the times that we have regular appointments-- music class, Cub Scouts, etc. Then I inserted a time to complete essentials based on each day's appointments-- preparing 3 meals, school, and Bible study/ prayer. Finally, I added things that it would be really great if we could accomplish each day-- exercise, play time with mama, rest time.

Here is how the Monday schedule looks:

7:30-Prayer and Bible Study for Mama/ Boys have breakfast

8am- Boys work on daily chores/ Mama unloads dishwasher and starts laundry

8:30- Boys report back/ Play time/ Mama works on Zone 1 cleaning

9:30- Family learning

10:45- Snack time

11am- Exercise 

11:15- Play time outside with Mama

12pm- Lunch time

1pm- Rest time for Baby/ Turtle works on school independently/ Diego Kindergarten

1:30- Rest time for Diego/ School time for Turtle      

3pm- Play time/ Mama folds laundry

4pm- Boys pick up living room floor and put laundry away/ Mama makes dinner

4:30- Eat, clear away dishes, run dishwasher

5:15- Leave for Kindermusik

We never complete everything that we have planned. There are even some days when I don't get the scheduled dinner cooked and we have a quick meal of tacos or spaghetti (again!) But my goal is to get better at doing the things that must get done for our home to run efficiently and to get the boys to help me in those tasks.