I only work 2 days and struggle too but have done a few things that help me. I make a big dinner on the Tuesday night (night before my first day of work) and we eat that for 2 nights so nobody has to worry about cooking on the Wednesday. I also find doing a big clean up helps here, although if you have a nanny the kids might be making mess during the day? Whereas for us they aren't home so it stays relatively tidy. I tidy up after work before going to bed - no cleaning but I pick up clothes and toys off the floor -even if it is a washing basket run - where I walk through the main areas with a basket and chuck everything in there to be sorted on my days off. I also subscribe to the The Organised Housewife on FB and email. Although I don't go through all her lists I do use it to motivate myself and get myself organised and thinking of what I do need to do. I do one load of washing every day and on Fridays it is usually 2. We don't have a dryer so they come off the clothes horse's and back on again.

I also have a motto that close enough is good enough, if it means the floors are swept but not mopped so I can sit down and play dinosaurs with the kids or do some craft I have had to release some of the control I need over making the house perfect....Admittedly I will play with them then usually leave them to play alone while I DO mop but you know what I mean! I think having a list of things you want done on certain days is the way to go - I don't have a cleaner either but would love one just to do the bathrooms - for me they are the biggest things that get neglected. Good luck hun and you are working with very young ones - go easy on yourself, set your expectations to realistic and know that soon they will be old enough to help us out while we kick back and drink coffee