What are your evenings like?

[Mum2SweetCs]

My kids (esp DD2, who is 7) seems so tired all of the time, and the tired grumpiness seems to slow the evening routines down. Any tips on how to make the trajectory to the pillow as short as possible? ETA, DH and I both work, so DD2 goes to OSHC (which I suspect is half of the problem - too much play, no enough downtime) so it shrinks the time we've got for anything in the evenings.

Dd1 is exactly the same. She is even too tired to tell us what she did at school.

My husband and i work full time and both 2 hrs away from home so i get home at 6.00 and he gets home at 7.

Do homework, cook dinner, chill

By that time we are both exhausted from work and dd is from school.

Kids sleep at 9 on a school day

Im so envious of all the above posts with the kids having routines and extra curricula activities.

[MrsFabuloso]

We usually get home around 3.15pm. On Mondays, we have little kickers for DS1 and 2 from 4.30-5.30. Wednesdays, it's dancing for DD from 6-7. Fridays it's karate for DD abd DS1 of them 6-7.

They relax and have afternoon tea for about 30mins- an hour or so, before the big kids do homework. Then if there are after school activities, we get ready for those and go. On those days I either try to have an easy/already prepped/quick cook meal to have for dinner, or I have something already cooked earlier or something in the freezer.

On the days there are no activities, the kids usually play outside together after afternoon tea (or in summer, we go to the beach on hot days) or they can have an hour of computer time, dinner is at 5.30/6pm. Then it's bath time after dinner, and then the kids can choose what to do until we start the bed time routine at 7.30, which is toilet, brush teeth, read books and lights out by 8pm.

I tidy up/crochet/surf the net/watch a movie or tv show/shower/spend time with hubby/call friends...... after the kids are in bed.

[Artechim]

It seems life with two at school is hectic!! After the bus pick ups it is around 4pm, then they play/have quiet telly time depending on mood. Then I am making tea, bath etc. I have absolutely no idea how to fit homework into the mix lol. DS has always just done it on his own - I need to figure out a way to help DD1 with hers in amongst everything else.