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Snowflakemom, I'm at that exact same stage of family life. As long as my girls' extracurricular activities were on their campus after school, the leaders could just check them out of their on-site after-school program they were involved with and check them back in when it was finished. Unfortunately, the mid-week sports practices were starting to stress me out because they had to be in their gear and at the field (which was not at their school) before I normally even got home from work. And I had a third child who was only 3 and who would soon be starting his own schedule of fun. I knew I had to make a change.
What worked for me was getting an after-school nanny, a local college student who lives nearby. She picked all three of my kids up from school at 3 pm, including the little guy who was still in daycare, and took them home. She gave them a snack, supervised homework, helped them find missing cleats, etc, and got them to their various meetings and practices on time. Miss Erica quickly became part of the family. She has been with us for three years now and even though she has a reduced schedule this year (her college commitments got more demanding as she progressed through her program) it's still working well.
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