I would fall into the category of working full time. For those of you who have been reading me for a while, you know that I have children and these children have an active life outside of school. Dance for the eldest, and soon to be Gymnastics for the child who is an accident waiting to happen youngest.

My husband and I both work full-time, and sometimes a little more, it can make the juggling act resemble something you might find at a circus. It's hard, but it can be done. I'm fortunate enough to have a spouse that is willing to really help out wherever possible.

We are both big on scheduling. We have to be, or otherwise there is no way we could do it. We have found ways of handling things that make it easier on both of us. For example, my oldest goes to dance four nights a week. We carpool with another lady down the street, so we are only doing the dropping off, or picking up each night, which is a big help for both families. Generally speaking, my husband does the carpooling, and I stay home with the youngest, helping her with her homework, cooking dinner or giving her a bath, depending upon the time he has to perform chauffer duties. Occasionally, I'll take over when he would prefer to stay home. It works for us.

I'm grateful to my employers for letting me flex my hours so that if my children have something they would like me to attend at school, I can. That means I have to work extra hours during the week to make up the time, but then my husband picks up the slack. We also take turns on getting the kids to doctor's appointments as well, so neither one of us has the burden of carrying that one alone.

Is it easy? Absolutely not. It's an exhausting schedule, to say the least but we manage.
We are a family, and we do what we need to do to make it work.

What about you? How do you manage it all?

To view other answers to this week's Blog Fodder topic, go here. I would love to see how the rest of you handle it.