Our Family’s Weekly Schedule
Every time I do a Day in the Life post, I get a bunch of requests to share what our weekly routine looks like.
I like a pretty strong weekly schedule – it’s very helpful for me to know every day what to expect and know that I have the time to fit in what I need to get done.
I know that some people like a lot more spontaneity in their lives but this works well for our family and my total Type-A personality.
Obviously, with six people to work around, things change all the time and items get moved around to accommodate, but this is the general framework our week revolves around.
Okay, enough disclaimers?
Here’s our weekly routine!
Our family’s weekly schedule
Monday
- Bart’s morning to exercise while I work for about 90 minutes in my office before the girls wake up
- Laundry day (I start laundry first thing in the morning – the whites are usually in the washing machine within 5 minutes of when I wake up. All about my laundry routine here)
- Groceries delivered (this has, no joke, changed my life)
- Water the plants
- Nanny comes after breakfast to watch the two little girls while I work
- Preschool with Star
- Two hour nap and Quiet Time while I work until the big girls get out of school
- Girls fold and put all their laundry away
- Dinner
- Girls ready for bed, family scripture reading, family prayer, Tally in bed
- Girls do their homework
- Read aloud to the three older girls
Tuesday
- I attend a circuit training class at the the gym
- Hang out with the little girls, clean up the house, run errands
- Preschool with Star
- Two hour nap and Quiet Time while I work until the big girls get out of school
- Chinese tutoring for Ani
- Wonder Math (formerly known as Wonderland Math/ Revolution Math) for Ella
- We have Bart’s younger brother and his wife over for dinner
- Girls ready for bed, family scripture reading, family prayer, Tally in bed
- Girls do their homework
- Read aloud to the three older girls
Wednesday
- Bart’s morning to exercise while I work for about 90 minutes in my office before the girls wake up
- Nanny comes after breakfast to watch the two little girls while I work
- Preschool with Star
- Two hour nap and Quiet Time while I work until the big girls get out of school
- Chinese tutoring for Ani
- Dinner
- Girls ready for bed, family scripture reading, family prayer, Tally in bed
- Girls do their homework
- Read aloud to the three older girls
Thursday
- I attend a circuit training class at the the gym
- Library Story time (my sister and her boys meet us there, which makes it extra fun)
- Errands
- Preschool with Star
- Two hour nap and Quiet Time while I work until the big girls get out of school
- Library program or rec center class for the girls
- Dinner
- Girls ready for bed, family scripture reading, family prayer, Tally in bed
- Girls do their homework
- Read aloud to the three older girls
Friday
- Bart’s morning to exercise while I work for about 90 minutes in my office before the girls wake up
- Nanny comes after breakfast to watch the two little girls while I work
- Preschool with Star
- Two hour nap and Quiet Time while I work until the big girls get out of school
- Friday Afternoon Adventure
- Homemade Pizza and Family Movie Night
Saturday
- I attend a circuit training class at the the gym
- Bart goes to the gym
- We clean up the house (usually we do a stuff blitz and Bart cleans the bathrooms)
- Family outing
- Naps and quiet time
- Date night
Sunday
- Sleep in morning! (Often, all of us will sleep until nearly 8 am)
- Breakfast
- Baths for the girls
- Church
- Naps and quiet time
- Games with Ella and Ani
- Family Home Evening
- Guests over for Sunday dinner
- Plan for the week ahead including scheduling with Bart, making my to-do list for the week and putting in my grocery order
Any questions about our weekly schedule? I’m happy to try to answer!
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Thanks for sharing a glimpse into how your crew’s life/days flow.
I didn’t notice any music lessons, sports, art classes, cooking classes, etc. after school for anyone. I know you are very intentional about your schedule, but as your girls have gotten older, do they not wish to participate in any after school extra curricular activities?
Also, what time do you eat dinner each night in order to provide homework time post meal?
Thanks!
My two big girls will be starting music lessons in January and in the past we’ve done dance and gymnastics lessons. But overall, I find that my girls have a strong desire to not be over-scheduled and want to have time to be at home and play together.
We eat dinner at 6 p.m. and do homework usually from about 7:30-8 or 8:15.
Love this! We’re very much a family with a strong weekly crew so it’s nice to see another family do the same! I love how family and fun focused your weekends are! I’d like to be more intentional with our weekends, which has always been a struggle since my husband and I work full time during the week. Thanks for sharing!
I know this wouldn’t fit into a weekly schedule, but do you allow play dates during the week? My third grader gets asked to go (or have one at our house) at least monthly and I kind of hate it. It makes it too hard to get everything done-homework, chores, piano practice etc. At the same time, I don’t want to be the stick in the mud mom! 😬
Totally! I’d say they have one 1-2 times a month either with school friends or their cousins.