To not much like Sunday’s anymore.

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They just seen like a day to get organised for the following week. By the time I’ve sorted uniforms, made a packed lunch, changed beds and washed them, bathed and hair washed the kids, cooked a Sunday lunch, packed bags ready for the next day, battled the kids to finish any outstanding homework from the week etc etc. It’s like there’s no time to relax or anything. Starting to dislike my Sunday’s now.

I'm not mad keen on them either, which is why I'm planning on making some changes.

A school friend and her sister used to do their homework on Saturday mornings. I'm thinking of bringing that in here too. Get it out of the way.

I’m thinking similar just not sure what to change. I also write a food shopping list in a Sunday as Mondays are my day off so I get the shopping done then.

I try to do all of those things on Sunday morning and I don’t bother with a Sunday roast every week; it means that by the afternoon I’ve got everything done and can relax.

Sunday's are an organising day in my house too. Washing/ironing for the week ahead, online food shop, Sunday roast, packed lunches and early nights. It doesn't leave a lot of time for relaxation but I quite like it. Its a day of (albeit mundane) jobs that don't usually require me to leave the house. I find it nice to just have a day catching up on things at home with no obligations. Other than a dog walk or maybe a swimming trip, the dc also enjoy having a day of down time at home.

I do more under the week. The washing machine is on most evenings, beds are stripped Saturday mornings and that means the machine is free for sheets and duvets plus towels.

Ironing again is done when requried, 1/2 hour in front of the telly.

Uniform - only shirts need ironing so it is a case of folding and getting DD to clear clean clothes away.

I hate online shopping so either DH or I go on Saturday afternoon. The other one deals with leftover homework with DD or does some tidying up. Saturday lunch is normally bought on the way back home from the stable, most times just sandwiches anyway.

I did packed lunches in the morning of the day. Sunday meals depend on what we do, if we are out it can be just pasta, if we are in a roast but not every week.

I agree, I find them fairly stressful. It’s always the day we deep clean the house, do the food shopping and the DC sort school stuff. They’re a bit plain and boring most of the time although I enjoy it when we go out for a walk like today.

Sunday is our takeaway day, nice way to unwind at the end of the day enjoying one.

Ohhhhhh I’d love a day I could get stuff done like that. Currently the toddler just follows DH and I round if we try to get anything done, or disappears and causes chaos 🤦🏻‍♀️

On a slightly more serious note, I’m a teacher and lots of families at school say they build homework and housework into Saturdays, along with extra curricular activities, so they get a break on Sundays.

sorted uniforms, made a packed lunch, changed beds and washed them, bathed and hair washed the kids, cooked a Sunday lunch, packed bags ready for the next day, battled the kids to finish any outstanding homework

If you focused this would take an hour and a half tops.

Make a packed lunch - 5 minutes
Sort uniform - do you mean wash? Do it on a Friday night
Change beds 20 mins
Bath kids - how many? 5 mins each
Packed bags - 10 minutes
Don't do a big lunch every week.

Get up early and do it in a block and the you have the rest of the day.

Make a list of things to do / places to visit and do one each week

We've had a house day - I've done all on your list and still had time to relax.

I try and do a little bit each day over the weekend. Homework is always done on a Friday so it's out of the way. Don't bother with a roast some Sundays, slow cookers are a godsend chicken curry today. You

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About to go into 5 weeks of working sundays 12-6:30pm, so now it’s going to be out a wash on, go rock climbing, go to work while DH and DC chill the rest of the day!

I’m the opposite,I do everything in the week so Sunday is free,do a list of what jobs you need to do on a Sunday ,and Do one extra each day in the week ,if it has to be done on a Sunday ,do it Saturday night .life in the week might be more stressful,but Sunday you can relax

How old are your dc? I found it much easier when they started showering themselves from about 8 ish onwards as I too loathed bath time.

Uniforms, straight in wash Friday, hung up to dry then put away at some point over weekend.

Bedding changes during the week, it takes about 5/10 minutes to strip 2 single beds and put new covers on.

Roast on a Sunday is just work. Do something easy that doesn't take too long.

Homework was horrible when they were in primary but easier (oddly) at secondary even though there's more of it because it appears to be instilled to them at school that if it's not done on time, they are the ones who are responsible and get kept in at lunch to do it. So they just do it at home without hesitation.

I’ve gone on Sunday strike! I was so sick of spending my sundays cleaning like any other day while everyone else lounges around. I now just refuse to do pretty much any housework apart from a general tidy.
Uniforms are washed and folded on a Friday.
I go to supermarket on a Saturday and buy bits for Sunday.
We usually eat out for either lunch or dinner so I only have to make one meal and ive pretty much stopped making a Sunday roast. If we fancy one we go to the pub.

Kids are old enough now to shower themselves and do their own homework - we just tell them to get on with it.

As a working single parent, I had a few ways of making Sundays more enjoyable than the ones you describe, OP. Would some of these help you?
We started the day with church and Sunday school, then went for a day out and some fresh air - either up the hills, at the beach, or to a tourist attraction. In bad weather we’d go to the swimming pool or cinema.
When we got home I’d stick the roast in the oven and get on with other stuff, so we could have a nice traditional evening dinner before bath, storytime and bed.
I never ironed anything after my DH died - the DC were both still in nappies and I had better things to do with my limited time. MIL taught me to dry washing neatly folded on the radiators, so it didn’t crease in the first place!
The nearest supermarket was 10 miles away, so I made a meal plan and went just once a week, first thing on Saturday morning, to get it out of the way.
The DC were responsible for their own schoolwork/homework etc, and were good about always doing it.
I wasn’t obsessive about chores, but did some each evening after the DC were in bed. I also had Mondays off, so did any kids clothes/toys/present shopping then (this was before the internet made life so much easier!)
Try not to turn your life into a treadmill, OP. Prioritise some fun for both you and the DC, get out on Sundays.
Your kids will remember a fun day in the forest much more than whether their school PE kit was properly ironed. You are not going to lie on your deathbed muttering “I wish I’d dusted more bookshelves”!
Best wishes, and I hope your Sundays are soon much more fun.

I'm not keen either. I always clean the bathroom on a Sunday which I hate. And my son plays football on a Sunday afternoon which I have to go along to at least half the time to show willing, so that's freezy and rubbish. Then the rest of my family watch American football on a Sunday night which I detest (thankfully last one tonight). Also I work mon-weds evenings so the Sunday night doom comes over me strong about now and like you I have uniforms and pe kits to sort. Luckily my husband makes a really good Sunday dinner and we usually have some wine to cheer us up. But mostly it's definitely not my favourite.

Yeah def some changes needed. I’m finding it hard to keep on top of the housework at the moment too and I feel like we need to do a bit of decluttering but barely ever get the time. I’m going to try this week to make sure kids have done homework by Friday so that doesn’t need doing. I do wash the uniforms in a Friday night but it’s a case of gathering up the clean uniforms and putting them away on a Sunday. Perhaps I will try that on a Saturday. I don’t know. I always used to be so organised and on top of everything but it all seems different now.

Good point OP, I have shopping delivered on a Sunday morning so usually end up advance prepping 3-4 meals for the week + my breakfasts (to eat on train!) etc. You have prompted me to think I should swap to Saturday and then I could prep the meals whilst watching some mindless TV like Masked Singer or whatever. Might be better!