Today's day

Unfortunately, even though I am  off from work, I had to wake up early to set up<em> (better: to wake up early  to get my kids ready for school)</em> my kinds for the school. As I did all the chores yesterday, I spent this morning on doing some ironing. Yes, you read right, doing some ironing. It might sound weird, but I can say that it even relaxes me if It doesn't take me a lot of time. At midday my wife and I went out for having lunch and we picked up our kids when they left <em>(better: when they got out of school)</em> school. After this, we took the kids to English class and we went in the meantime to do the shopping in the market.
Thanks for your corrections in advance.