I have a busy group with different ages and programs going on, what would you ladies suggest for my situation? I honestly would like to get rid of the morning snack for everyone but I don't know. So I have two 5 year olds who will be staring 1/2 day Kindergarten in the fall (8-10:39), and two preschoolers going T/Th from 9:15-11:45. I am across the street from preschool and Kindergarten so I do all the walking kids to and from. Then I have one 2 year old and two 1 year olds. So right now the day looks like this:
7 AM all arrive (give or take a few minutes)
7-7:30 kids eat breakfast
7:45 walk to Kindergarten
8:15 home, little kids go down for 45 min nap
9 AM - little kids up and walk to preschool T/TH
9:30 back at my house and free play time
10:30 walk to Kindergarten for pick up
11 Home lunch for 1 and 2 year olds
11:30 do preschool pick up T/TH
12 home, 1 and 2 year olds go down for nap; preschool and kindergarten kids eat lunch
1 PM preschool kids have nap, 5 year olds have quiet time
3 PM everyone up, snack and free play until pick ups start around 4:15
Do the 1 year olds need a morning snack, or can I just leave them until lunch? Should lunch maybe be earlier, like around 10 for them? Then all the school kids eat after the little guys go down for their nap? I am going to try to get another preschool parent to bring the preschoolers back and forth for me if I can once we get going in the fall and I meet some of the other parents. I already discussed this with their moms, and they are ok with it. That would cut down on some of the rush on Tues and Thurs. I'm also going to try to get morning naps phased out as soon as I can in the fall as well; I know my one May baby will be ready, but the other is an August baby so will *just* be 12 months old then. Anyhow, any advice on how to feed this crazy group would be great!

































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