Is this good or bad? Parents please!?

Okay my 2 sisters are both going through a nasty divorce so decided to go on vacation to get away from the mess. Together they have 10 children (5 each) plus my 4 girls:
girls - 4, 6, 6, 8, 8, 10, 10, 12, 12, 12
boys - 3, 5, 7, 9

I offered to take all of them because I know it would be best to be together with close family. My kids are going to be in there own bed. My finished basement is a huge guest room (we get visitors often) and has 3 sets of bunk beds. So I figured that is were the girls can stay. Then I put the 4 boys in the guest bedroom with two trundle beds. Each room has a bathroom so we should be set. Now my sisters are VERY organized so we had to have a meeting about everything. They even made a daily routine. Do you think it is too planned out or is it needed?

7:30-8:30 = Get up and dressed. Inculdes hygine rountine (no showers) and tidying room.

8:30-9:00 = Breakfast

9:00-10:00 = Free playtime in the playroom with whatever. Painting, art, toys, etc.

10:00-11:30 = They exercise either outside or in our "kiddie gym" in our house. It has a playground, balance beam, indoor pool, etc.

11:30-12:00 = Lunch

12:00-1:00 = Quiet time where little ones can nap and older kids can read or do schoolwork.

1:00-3:30 = Extra time where we go somewhere. Either the mall, movies, zoo, park, etc.

3:30-4:30 = Free time

4:30-5:30 = They exercise either outside or in our "kiddie gym" in our house. It has a playground, balance beam, indoor pool, etc.

5:30-6:00 = Little kids (3-6) bathe. Other children have free time.

6:00-7:00 = Dinner and clean-up.

7:00-7:30 = Middle kids (7-10) shower. Other children have free time.

7:30-8:00 = Older kids (12) shower. Other children have free time.

8:00-9:00 = Story or TV time.

9:00 = Lights off. Everyone in bed and children sleeping.

You're a saint offering to look after all the children. I have 5 of my own and I know what hard work it can be. I think the key to happy kids is routine and you're going to need one to get through this but don't have it set in stone. There are bound to be days that it goes a bit off and if I were you I'd go with the flow. Lastly, I hope your sisters take you home a fantastic thank you gift from their break!! I wish you were my sister!! Good luck and I hope it all goes well

ITS DEFINATLEY NEEDED WITH 10 CHILDREN! :) Your doing a really nice thing!

woW....so you are going to live like this...? well with that many kids in one household you DO need to be organized and have a schedule...its a must.......but this is a very odd situation....very odd...but i suppose its alright.....do you have a husband??

looks alright to me. its going to be chaotic with that many kids no matter how you do it.

i suggest starting your own baseball team.

no it is not too planned out!! it is the best thing for taking care of 10 kids at one time!! you do not need chaos and this keeps it down!!

great it is higly organised. well this is good brcause the kids will have company and learn from the bigger kids and learn to be organised.

Its good to have something to shoot for - maybe you can't follow it completely but I think you are on the right track aiming for some sort of organization!

Good luck and have fun!

The more structure and routine a large family has, the better off life is for everyone. That looks like a very structured time plan. You should be all set. Keep in mind, that with that many kids to look after, it will be hard to keep on track with all the different personalities.

Be sure to enlist the help of the older kids in helping with the housework and such. You have created the perfect opportunity for everyone to learn and teach everyone else.

Best of luck to you.

Try it at first if it dosent work than it dosent work.
Just let the kids be kids.

wow, it looks like you have it all planned. I hope you have pre-cooked or at least pre-planned the menu's as well. I hope your sister's are planning on giving you a vacation when they get back!! Good luck & have fun

WOW i dotn no how you will cope but you have a great routine only i think the younger kids need to be in bed earlyer

good idea but how many 12 year olds will want to do the same stuff as 3,4 and 5 year olds.i think what you are doing is highly commendable but i think i would get some-one to give me a hand.could you split them up and do young kids stuff,older kids stuff and then things that they could do as a group.well done for helping out and i hope everything works out ok for all of you.good luck.

Everything looks great on paper, however realistically, I don't see it happening. I would, however use it as a guide. If either of you sisters have specific rules, than you need to find that out, however they need to understand that with 14 children in the house, unless you have a full crew onhand this will be virtually impossible. The kids do need some kind of structure though, and playtime, but they also need some chores, they can help in some ways even the 3, 4, and 5 yr olds can help out some. the little ones can pick up and the older ones can set and clear tables. Load and unload diswashers. This is not all that time consuming and you really need some help. I am surprised your sisters didn't see this. You are wonderful to offer your help, I come from a large family also and I would have done the same thing, however I definately would designate chores.