What do you do (while your children are at school)?

I am a man and I go to work. My wife on the other hand stays at home while our son is in school. Guess what my wife does at home when my son is in school. You guess it right, she is at home doing my myLot. LOL

hi dora, how are you, even i am also a mother of two little children, when they go to school, i just clean my rooms, and after that just sit infront of my computer to chat with my friends, give discussion, and responses in mylot, etc.. i just wondered without computer we can't live yaar, thanks for the nice topic, have a nice day.

I do chores around the house, work on the computer, and about one day a week I do all my running around. I love being able to grocery shop without the kids.

hi there dorannmwin i have a 13 and a 9 nearly 10 years when they are at school i can play on the computer and i only have two children take care happy postings

While my children are at school i tend to try to get some house work done as well as any phone call or letters that i have to write.I then have a look at my em\ails out as well as check on all the animals are ok.I also make cards as well to pass the time away.The only problem is that it seems that people always come round and stay for a long time and that gives me less time.

Hi Dorannmwin, My eldest who is 13 years old is in the Special Education program and my youngest son is in grade 1-- his first year in the mainstream program. Both my sons were diagnosed with autism. While their in school, i am at work. We have a caregiver to take them to school and pick them up. We just meet in the evening after work. We eat dinner together and do homework afterwards.

both my kids are teens now so I have my days to myself...for the past yr (up until the beginning of this school yr) I was babysitting a little guy from up the way...now that I'm not I have like I said my days to myself....what do I do? Whatever I want LOL....seriously though, I get the housework done, I cook, do laundry, now that the cold weather is here I'm baking (though not as much as I'd like), I watch movies, read, play around online and so on..and on some days I dont do a dang thing....

well i work part time when my kids are at school but on the days i have off i usually do stuff around the house or i go to the library or work on a lot of crafty things.

I am generally AT the school lol. My daughter is five and in kindergarten, and since the beginning of the year (which started in Aug), I have been volunteering for her teacher and other teachers, doing PTA things, tutoring in her class during excel, etc. I'm taking a class through the district in order to get certification so when an aide position opens up, I can apply for it. I NEVER expected to spend so much time at the school but at the end of every week, I think about where I spent all my time and it WAS at the school. It's a big change from when my daughter was in preschool, because she only went to preschool twice a week. It started at NINE, so we didn't even have to get up till around 8. Even then, it was no big deal, so sometimes we got there at 9:20 and other times we just didn't go at all. Kindergarten starts at 7:20 at her school, so we try to get there at least by 7:10, 7:13 at the latest lol. I never stayed at the preschool because the teacher had a full time aide PLUS I'd known her for almost 2 years prior as a friend, so I never had reason to worry about my daughter having any problems in her class. Anyway, I look forward to spending a lot of time at the school in the future too, whether as a volunteer or as an employee maybe . I'm so not career oriented. It's amazing that I enjoy this so much!

im a mother of two also. my eldest is 14 years of age, and the younger one is 3 years of age. i stop working last year of march,, and i have to admit that at first i was really having a hardtime to adjust my new daily routines. while my kids are in school at just stayed at home doing internet stuff. LOL sometimes im the one who will send to school of my youngest while the nanny will stay at home. exchange of routine for a change. hehehe

when my children are at school, i do my computer works or having a part time teaching at school, right now i am on leave and i am going to resume my work next semester.

When I'm at home and the kids are not around which happens very seldom (because I have a full time job), it's my time to do something for myself like reading, sewing, watching TV, and surfing the net. This is also the time to embark on some do-it-yourself activities like doing minor repairs at home. I tend to over-work myself when I'm alone, even when my intention is actually to take a rest and sleep.

I have ten children, four have already left my 'nest'. We homeschool, so mine are home all the time, so I guess I don't really have a lot to add. But I will say two things: Homemaking is an art, and we should try and become skilled at it. In other words, if you have a lot of spare time, learn something new. Improve your cooking, make nicer meals. Learn to sew. Learn to crochet or knit. And you have no excuse not to have a really clean house. Two: You can take an online class. You can also earn some money from home. My daughter has five children and they are all in school now. She works online while they are not home, and it's a part time job for her, but she is still flexible if she needs to attend something or if one is sick. One of her children has CP, too and has medical appointments they have to go too. I think a stay at home mom should never just spend her days playing on the computer and not getting her work done. A stay at home mom, especially one whose children are all in school, is a very priviledged mother who can make a really nice home for her family.

i have a day job and when they are in school, i work. i send them off to school in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon. if i had been a full-time mom, i can do a lot of things while the children are in school. that would be time for me to do the housework (not much though as we have a house helper). lots of other things, too ... like getting myself rest. i will sleep when they are out in school.

My eldest is in year 1 she is 5.5 years mornings are spent playing with her little sister who is 3.5 and then afternoons when she goes to preschool that is when I do my housework chores etc or like today sit on my bottom doing nothing but answer posts on here I get precious little me time that isnt spent cleaning so i try and make the most of it when I can!

I usally see TV and spent some time on computer also.reading some thing or cleaning wardrobs and eic.