What do YOU do during quiet time?

[Play and Learn]

Sorry it takes you 5 minutes to clean up? It takes me like 20! How do you pull that off???? Need to know!

Takes me about that time to tidy up as well. DH is a clean freak, so if you walked in a 10:30 a.m., it's in pristine condition - the house that is. My dckids know how to clean up (because I make them), and I wash dishes as they're finishing up their lunch.

[KingstonMom]

Sorry it takes you 5 minutes to clean up? It takes me like 20! How do you pull that off???? Need to know!

I should specify, it takes that long to clean up the kitchen after lunch only, not the whole house! I usually start cooking lunch around 1030am, have everything made, wash the pans, pots or whatever, then have it ready on plates for 11:30 lunch time.
I scarf something down standing up in the kitchen while they all eat, then wipe faces, take away plates, put dishes in dishwasher and wipe down highchair and booster seat trays. while they are playing in livingroom (within eye sight) i sweep the floor and wipe counters till all is spic n span.
now diapers and nap
Now time for The first 48 or Judge Judy

[fruitloop]

I hang out with my dd, surf on my computer, get snacks ready for the pm, sometimes do laundry or yard work. My nap time is also mandatory and is from about 12:45-3-3:30.

[fruitloop]

I must be the only 1 who leaves all the dishes in the sink for my son to do after supper. Dishes (loading and unloading the dishwasher) is his chore so I leave all the dishes piled in the sink for him to do. It's 1 less thing I have to do during the day.

[Play and Learn]

I must be the only 1 who leaves all the dishes in the sink for my son to do after supper.

This is because you have kids to do chores for you! I'm childless at this moment!!!!

[FS2011]

Clean up after lunch today took 35 minutes! A new baby I have is so messy and I already have a messy baby of my own. Once that was done, I did some laundry and then laid down resting until I heard the first child awake. That usually signals the rest are waking soon. I'm lucky to get an hour of rest, sometimes 45 mins.

[mlc1982]

Oh, I would be annoyed if I only got 45 minutes to myself!

[BCParent]

I'll go online for a bit, read, or preferably, I lay on the couch with my fountain on, some quiet music and my aromatherapy diffuser and just 'zen' out for a while and enjoy the quiet...lol. (no, I'm not sleeping!)

[chellebelle]

My first post!!
Quiet time here is from approx. 12:30 - 3:00. Im fortunate that all of my kidlets are good sleepers, but some of that goes to sleep training as well. I would not accept that an 18 month old would sleep 45 min.
I go for a run on the treadmill (I have the monitor on), clean the kitchen, do any prep for dinner, then channel surf ... LOVE QUIET TIME.