coming together

At night my house becomes CRAZY!! And when the children all go to bed I reflect and think "How can I make the night more peaceful at night and not so crazy". So I thought that I would try getting head start on dinner things and that my relieve some of the stress at night. Ugh, no! It did not work. I am trying hard to find something that will click with my family. If anyone has some ideas please let me know? Also let me know how to control my husband too (just kidding).