Schedule it and also reward yourself with blocks of time even if it's only 20/30 minutes. BUT "says the voice of experience" balance with husband time/kids time (don't leave out one on one time) / and SLEEP.
I would suggest you dial back your Christmas projects. The lap quilts can work one of 2 ways: make a list of the eventual recipients and decide the order they'll receive them and #1 gets theirs this year and the others get small projects OR (and this is what I would recommend) everyone gets small projects until school is finished, job is found and you and family have adjusted to new schedule. JMHO