A while back, I polled a bunch of large family mamas on how they have made it easier to get through their long list of responsibilities...in this case HOMESCHOOLING. This is the long list of their responses! Do you have something to add? Comment, and I'll add it to this list! Laundry Wash a big kid and a little kid together so there is no real sorting and then the big kid helps the little kid fold and put away their laundry. With clothes, socks, shoes- I put a colored dot on

A while back, I polled a bunch of large family mamas on how they have made it easier to get through their long list of responsibilities...in this case ROUTINE. This is the long list of their responses! Do you have something to add? Comment, and I'll add it to this list! ROUTINE Schedule important things first and all other to-do's around them! We are very careful to not over commit. We don't do very many extracurricular activities. When we are going to be going somewhere I al

A while back, I polled a bunch of large family mamas on how they have made it easier to get through their long list of responsibilities...in this case HOMESCHOOLING. This is the long list of their responses! Do you have something to add? Comment, and I'll add it to this list! Homeschool Homeschool year-round. Take breaks when needed and without guilt! Don't do school at home, but HOMESCHOOL. BIG difference! Make a schedule and stick to it. Record who studied/read what for wha

A while back, I polled a bunch of large family mamas on how they have made it easier to get through their long list of responsibilities...in this case COOKING. This is the long list of their responses! Do you have something to add? Comment, and I'll add it to this list! Cooking Almost every meal is crockpot for me, since I never have 2 free hands to cook. I always do the last thing first - I start dinner, or plan evening clothes if we are going out, etc. before breakfast! Coo

A while back, I polled a bunch of large family mamas on how they have made it easier to get through their long list of responsibilities in regards to Life Organization. This is the long list of their responses! Do you have something to add? Comment, and I'll add it to this list! Organizing Buddies...for outside play, laundry, buckling car seats, brushing teeth, eating at restaurants, etc.! I keep 2 rolls of toilet paper in each bathroom. They have to ask for more, and I keep

A while back, I polled a bunch of large family mamas on how they have made it easier to get through their long list of responsibilities...in this case BEDTIME ROUTINES. This is the long list of their responses! Do you have something to add? Comment, and I'll add it to this list! Bedtime Routine Consistency! Routine! Family worship calms everyone down and then wee sing or pray. Bed time follows...youngest (to age 12) in bed by 8:00, 12 years in bed by 8:30 (read or do somethin

A while back, I polled a bunch of large family mamas on how they have made it easier to get through their long list of responsibilities...in this case HOUSE CLEANING. This is the long list of their responses! Do you have something to add? Comment, and I'll add it to this list! Cleaning Quick pick-up before lunch. Company-ready pick-up and a few deep clean chores at 4:00. Each child has chores by age (HERE) Every time you enter a room pick up and put away two out-of-place thin

Q. Do you have a limit per person of socks? Does each kid a different color? Do you keep them in separate drawers for each child? I had a friend tell me once about a "sharpie dot on the heel" system, using different color sharpie dots as to differentiate "sizes". Do you guys do anything special? A. Large family sock organization is usually a dreadful subject to that will knock the socks off of most any large family mama...but not in this house. After many tries, we have it wo