This is our new schedule. I found that remembering what 3 different kids and 2 adults should be doing at any given moment was more than my poor little brain could handle. This schedule was made in word. It is just a guideline and hardly ever gets followed to a T but it really helps.
I can take one glance at it and get a general idea of what we should be doing. YAY for that! Any time the schedule changes I can just go in a make a few changes. Then we just print out new ones. I have them posted all over the house so we can see them whenever we need to check something.
On the tutoring side this handy piece of software is wonderful. It covers grades 1-5 in all subjects... math, reading, spelling, phonics, social studies, etc.. Kaitlyn and Zoe have been using the program every day. It has all kinds of interactive exercises. They think it's fun. I think it's AWESOME! ;0)
Here is the girls work station. That is my old lap top. The screen went out on it. So for Kaitlyn's birthday we bought a nice monitor to hook up to it and it works fine for their school stuff. NICE!
Love these bags. My buddy Ilene gave me this hint. My family loves steamed veggies but momma hates cooking them and washing the dishes involved. So just stick your fresh or frozen veggies in this handy bag then stick it in the microwave. TA DA!!! Yummy veggies and no mess. Ahhhhhhhh..... nice. Yes, I know it's not the best solution to stick my veggies in plastic and zap it but work with me here. It's better than no veggies.
This idea I got from my mom in law. I got SOOOOOO sick and tired of dealing with the constant mess in my kids drawers. I also got tired of the discussions about what matched and didn't match. UGHHHH!! 
SOOOOOO now when I put laundry away it is put away by outfit in bags like this. Each bag is an outfit down to the undies. I also do swim suits and pajamas that way. NO MORE ISSUE! The girls have all their bags and they can choose whatever they want and it's ALWAYS cute. This also makes packing for trips a snap. I say, "Girls, go grab 7 bags with clothes, 4 with pajamas and 2 with swimsuits." DONE! Ohhhhh yeah.
This is our new little friend. We have named her "Rosie" after the robot maid on "The Jetsons." This is our roomba. One of the things that was driving me nuts and taking up a lot of time was sweeping and vacuuming. NO MORE! Rosie does all that for me now. Just push go and she scoots all around cleaning my floors. LOVING IT! I use her twice a day most days. She can go on my hardwoods, rugs and tile without help. She does my whole downstairs. She doesn't get sticky stuff that is really ground in but gets almost all the crumbs. I just go with a little wet paper towel for any stuck on yogurt or such. They have one that will mop and scrub tile and hardwood.... oooohhhhhh.... maybe from Santa???
The other thing that was driving me crazy was dishes. I have resisted paper stuff cause of the cost and trash but I have given in. We are doing paper everything right now. It saves me about an hour a day of rinsing, washing and putting up. We went to Costco and stocked up. I am LOVING this. I don't know how long we will do this but for now it is helping big time.
The other thing that was driving me nuts was that Kaitlyn could not serve herself well with the way we were set up. So we cleaned out a lower cabinet and put a baby lock that Kaiya can't manage easily. Now Kaitlyn and Zoe can easily get lots of things for themselves. We also have a stool in the kitchen that helps Kaitlyn be able to reach the microwave and sink to wash hands and dishes or get water.So anyway... there are a few things that are working for us. What's working for you? If you have a great idea you want to share with us other mommas why not post about it?? You can link here. Can't wait to hear your ideas for how to make this momma thing work.
:0) Angel