Comments on: 4 Moms, 35 Kids: the schedule

By: Joede

Joede — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:05:40 +0000

Thank you!! I have been looking for examples of a schedule that would fit our lives (mom of 6 here) and this is what I needed to see.
I laugh at the schedules that moms of one or two feel the need to put together, although I was once one of those also, those just don’t work for me now!!
We also homeschool and I dislike a time strict schedule…this is perfect!
I also love that bedtime is so late…fits our family just right!
Thank you…I know where to ebgin with mine now!

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:43:13 +0000

I laughed almost all the way through this!!! I love it! It is so our house!!! And the youtube thing… YES!!! My children do that too!!!

Thanks for sharing, my large family of 8, which includes almost all ages from 8 months to 12, function very much the same way, except Dad works from home and is nearly crazy by the end of each day!

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By: Qtpies7

Qtpies7 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:56:05 +0000

We are not all that scheduled, but we also are late to bed and sleep in, most of us, anyway. The college age child and the one in highschool, get up early and generally put themselves to bed early. But the rest of us are up late, even the little ones. It started becuase my husband would come home 7-8pm, and we wanted to eat with him and you can’t send kids to bed just after eating!
Now we are going to bed really late because our youngest would wake screaming for 2 hours a night, and we accidentally found out that if he didn’t go to bed until after midnight he slept fine. (we have done every medical test we can find to figure out his problem and can’t find one)
It works for us, and that is the beauty of homeschooling!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:22:52 +0000

I just left a comment at Raising Olives about the fact that we are way more “routine” than scheduled. Our day looks quite similar to yours.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:45:25 +0000

I’m surprised at how much your schedule is like ours, though our littles go to bed much earlier. Oh, and they can’t do yard work alone… yet. The more children I have, the more relaxed I am about the time thing but a schedule does help us keep moving!

By: Lisa in ND

Lisa in ND — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:45:49 +0000

That was really fun to read! I think it’s very important (as another poster said) for kids to see Daddy. We’ve always worked around DH’s schedule too regarding family time.

And looking at Deanna’s picture, the yard looks awesome!

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:48:59 +0000

Great post! Thanks!

By: Kimarie

Kimarie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:45:46 +0000

ROFLOL about the “wild-eyed herds of children stampeding toward to sound of youtube”!!! And the expectant crowd waiting for the video to load, and saying “short people in front, tall people in back – come on, get along, y’all!!” Oh wait, the last part is OUR family… Hilarious.

And it is SO important to make sure the children get to see Daddy no matter what his schedule is…