In terms of organisation in mornings haven't found too bad, but I tend to have shower at work (I cycle or walk a significant part, and also push kids round to daycare so prefer this) so I hardly take any time to get ready and the kids I get them to pick their clothes night before and they just grab a banana and have breakfast at daycare (I do have breakfast before I go as can't leave house without breakfast - but DS does tend to get his mits on mine most mornings too). DH does pick ups so that is ok ( doesn't help in morning which is ok as his focus is getting to work on time so can leave 16:30 to do pick up), but he may have to travel with work soon for the first time ever (and mum will have gone) so doing both drop off and pick up will have to see how it goes.
I like the banana idea - DS will be able to have breakfast at out-of-school-hours care and DD at childcare if necessary so I will probably just either throw a piece of fruit or toast at them and let them have some cereal at care on our early mornings. My plan is to have a shower about 530am - eeek!! I am hoping DD will still BF morning and night so will need to factor in time for a morning feed too. DH leaves at 630am but I dont want to be waking the kids any earlier than necessary and turning them into early birds although DS is already an early waker. Am thinking if I am dressed and had breakfast I can wake them at about 615 and get them dressed, half fed, DD BF and out the door by 7. Will be doing school lunch and bag packing the night before.

I'll be going into the office Mon, Wed and Fri, but Mum has the kids friday so she'll just come down before I leave and sort out breakfast, clothes etc and take them to her house when they are ready. Have worked out that we can get by without after school care as DH finishes at 3pm, he'll just skip his arvo break and finish about 245 on Mon/Wed so he can pick DS up from school, and I'll pick up DD from care at 430 when I finish work. On my RDO and work from home day and I will have DD with me all day and just have to do the school run which I can do at the normal times. At this stage I plan to return to 5 days of work when DD starts school (so 2018).

I haven't worked out my wage per hour, but basically we cant afford to live on one wage - mortgage is too big. As much as I've enjoyed being a SAHM while on maternity leave (and this would be my first preference), the reality is I need to work if we want to continue our current standard of living. Have I thought about buying a smaller house and living a more modest lifestyle? Definitely! But in the end, we built our dream home 6 years ago to fill with a couple of kids and plan to live here pretty much fovever so the compromise is to work to pay for it all. I do enjoy my work though, I am good at it and it gives me a sense of purpose totally separate from being a Mum. I also find that when I work, I don't sweat the small stuff so much with the kids, as any time I spend with them is appreciated, rather than getting bogged down with being with them 24/7 and sometimes feeling like its groundhog day every day IYKWIM?

Peanutter your hours ARE sucky Totally get what you mean about keeping on top of everything. We outsource as much as possible - online grocery shopping delivered to our kitchen bench and have a cleaner to keep the house under control (I've been a bit naughty and kept her while on maternity leave hehehe this time)