Efficient packing

My wife started saying the same thing so I started planning the meals and going to the grocery store a day prior. She packs the kids clothes which sometimes seems like way to much but I don't question it. The kids each get a small bag which they have to carry. I can see how with four kids the laundry would be a killer plus she loses the weekend to do it. i offered witht that but was rejected. When we get back there is a big bag of dirty laundry and grocery shopping for the week, kids need baths, get ready for school so she is prett busy with that while I cut the lawn. As the kids get older they can start to do a lot on their own so it gets easier. Only downfall of the kids getting older is sitting in schools gyms watching 4th graders play volleyball on beautiful fall weekends.