This means that I am exhausted first thing in the morning, the girls’ lunchboxes are hard to fill, and my children are growing out of their school shoes. Yes, seriously. 

Taking our extra-curricular timetable out of the planning stage and putting it into action in real life has been a challenge.

Tuesdays certainly look as though they will be my most caffeine dependant days. 

On examining my after school program with a close girlfriend last week, she strongly advised me to never ask my husband to tackle the task on a Tuesday. 

With seven different bookings for the girls between 4pm and 8:30pm – that means 14 separate drop off and pick-up times – combined with knowledge of Kym’s recent failure to pick the girls up from school when I was in Melbourne for one day, I think this might be advice well given and best taken.

I have created this Tuesday afternoon monster, and now I alone shall have to live with it. 

Obviously my three daughters must eat on the run. 

Luckily bowl food is in vogue at present, but even if it wasn’t, a bowl of traditional hearty vegetable laden casserole, a deep dish of richly sauced pasta and the modern take on and old classic – the Thai Chicken Sausage Roll - will definitely be popular fair on Tuesdays this year. 

On the bright side, with guitar, singing, volleyball academy, piano and contemporary dance all done and dusted on Tuesdays, that means only classical ballet, music theory and volleyball competition are left for the other nights. 

Oh, and the three weekly rehearsals for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and two rehearsals for Happy Days. Hmmm. 

We talk about stress and burn out a lot at our place.

We are all very well aware that we are doing way too much, but what on earth could we possibly give up?  

With Katianna turning sixteen next month, I am allowing myself to enjoy a few little daydreams about my eldest getting her driver’s license to courier herself and her sisters around. 

When she does get her learners permit mid-March, I’m pretty sure she’ll be able to get her hours up by taking to the wheel on Tuesdays.