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It's just the four children now but they are pretty well scheduled. I have to add in chores; right now my six year old empties the bathroom garbage cans and my five year old clears the table. My four year old is in charge of making sure all the dirty clothes make it down the laundry chute and the baby is learning how to put dirty dishes in the sink. That's about as deep as it gets in the chore department. They are on a regular schedule for meals, quiet time, baths/showers, and bedtime. Everything in-between is kiddie chaos.

Edited to add how we save money:

We cut costs by buying in bulk. We only shop once a week for perishables at the local grocery store but we do our major shopping once per month. We buy our gas at BJs, which saves us a couple of cents per gallon off standalone gas stations in the area, and we limit trips to the children's museum/chuck e. cheese's/library/etc. to twice per week instead of every other day like we used to do. Right now we are down a vehicle and we are shopping for gas friendly vehicles for our summer purchase. We went from cable to Directv to save about $50 per month. We run our washer and dryer just once per day now. We cut down eating out and I have started making our own bread and I invested in a pressure cooker to aid in fast cooking with minimal effort.