Mac and hours
These were the TWO phrases from pre-school uttered by my little cherub (I can say that as he is asleep).
'That's what I'm talking about, baby!'
and
''Bren, you are my best friend, but you're not in charge.'
and the number of hours I was in the car with the kids last week = 17 hrs 37 minutes. I thought that was quite bad - I mean that is almost a day. It's certainly a long flight. But then other people guessed way more (72 hours???? WTF - I don't actually sleep in there) and someone else does way longer for activities with her 2 kids so maybe it wasn't that bad....
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And yay I got it right!
Monday : leave for school 7.20, drop first off at 8.00, second at 8.30, home by 9.15 unless I go shopping. Leave for pick up at 15.55, pick up first at 16.30, second at 16.50. Drive thru for tea on way to Psychomotricienne (co-ordination exercises to help dyslexia/dyspraxia whatever school chooses to call problem this time) 18.30-19.00, home 19.30
Tuesday : ditto morning and afternoon pick-ups, one has judo 18.10-19.10 the other has scouts 18.30-20.00. Home by 20.30
Wednesday : ditto morning.Leave at 10.55 to pick up first 11.30, second 12.30 then mad dash to Violin 13.00-13.30,judo 14.00-15.30 (both),Solfège=music theory 16.00-17.00 (They're all 25mins drive at the speed limit apart, stress!) Home 17.30. Out again 18.30-21.00 for orchestra 7-8.30 (though if Hubby can't get home early we tend to hang around after solfège)
Thursday : Morning as per. Leave at 15.55 for pick up then football 17.45-19.30. If hubby away will dash back to stick tea on rather than watch.
Friday : Morning run as per. Then until recently Mummy's night off as Daddy would use having to pick up the kids to get out of work on time. BUT his work has changed and son now has Scouts so it's Leave at 15.55 to pick up, Home by 17.45. Out again at 18.30 home 21.20.
Way TMI,hope no-one here's a stalker. And yes life would be easier if we weren't 25km away from their school, they were meant to go to the one in the village, but the psychotic teacher drove my 6 yr old daughter to the edge of sanity, so bang goes that, but that's an even longer story.
J - wow! You have longer drawn out days than us. I can always see the end in site by getting back home for 6pm latest. And my hours were just the wheels gonig around time - we don't wait too much in the car.
Vic - it is a 7 mile drive to school on busy roads so the bikes aren't really an option. The older two go on bile rides each weekend though. Bee did a 12 mile ride with hubby on Sat!
LOL!
Wednesdays - pyjama day as no playgroup.
:-)
Maternelle (age 3-6)is 8.30-11.30 then 13.30-16.00
Primary (age 6-11) is 8.30-11.30,13.30-16.30
Both with before and after-school clubs from 07.00-19.00, and lots of kids spend 12hrs a day at school, mummy has to work,my dear. The kids get an after dinner nap for the first 18 months of maternelle, especially as some schools have a tots class starting age 2 1/2.
College (age 11-15) starts at 8 and finishes at 5, and lots are Saturday morning aswell. Kids that live nearby can get out early if they've a free period, otherwise there are study rooms available.
Lycée (age 15-18) whenever they have lectures and aren't on strike.
Both kids get most of their homework done at school otherwise they couldn't do the activities that they love. I think they do too much, but apart from the occasional party or football match, weekends are devoted to vegging out in the garden.