@light4 She wakes up at 5am, my husband makes her breakfast and then they read or play. I wake up at 6 am, and my husband starts working. I play with my daughter, get her ready for school, and we make her lunch. Most days, my husband takes her to school and goes to his office around 8 am.
We used to pick her up at 3pm, but she was disappointed that she missed playing on the playground in the afternoon so we pick her up at 4pm now. Her daycare is actually a preschool. She just also then has lunch, naps, has an afternoon snack, and now plays on the playground at school. My husband usually picks her up early on Fridays and typically, I will flex my hours and take a Friday off once a month.
Most days, my husband picks her up, and I get dinner started. We eat dinner, around 5pm, give my daughter a bath, and then we go outside and play or go to the pool. At 7:30 we do books, brush teeth, and then put her to bed. My husband and I usually hang out a bit, then he goes to bed and I do a bit of cleaning and then go to bed.
On Saturday, my husband takes my daughter grocery shopping in the morning, and I vacuum/clean the bathrooms. Then we usually go for a hike or go do something. Then lunch, nap, snack, play, dinner, play, bed.
Sundays, we do something (pool, museam, local event, etc.) And then the same as Saturday. Sometimes we chill.
My daughter's school has about 45 days off a year between winter/spring/summer break. We have enough holidays and PTO to take off during that time. Sometimes our family has different holidays or just want to spend time with her and will take her for a day
I took parental leave for 6 months (50% pay). I was making ~60% of our HHI when our daughter was born. We also both have very flexible jobs. We could have lived off of my husband's income, but I did not feel comfortable losing my earning power.