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I also have two school age kids so things are more complicated when they're out for the summer. They go to day camps every other week and then I can get more done.
Even when they're home, though, they're gradually becoming better trained about what constitutes an "emergency" and when it's okay to interrupt me. I need to be more firm about not solving their problems when it's not an emergency, though.
However, as Robert Genn says in his artist's newsletter (see thread on that topic), sometimes interruptions are good for us as it keeps us and our work grounded in the real world.
During the school year I paint from 9 to 3 or 4pm when they're out of the house. Between 4 and 7pm I'm "Mom" again. After 7 I'll often do more work, though usually computer stuff (marketing, taxes, etc) since evening is not my high energy time of the day and I'm not up to painting then. This allows me to work an average of 35 hours a week. under "normal" circumstances.
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