Does anyone have weekends like this anymore?

Yep, the humble bragging dial was turned to full, super cringe 😂

I think the majority spend weekends at home!

We took DS to a birthday party, sat in the cafe with baby DD and waited for DS, went home and my DPs came over to cuddle the baby and had a curry while I wrote thank you cards. Today DH took DS and DD to church while I slept. Then DH worked on his laptop while DS played with Lego and I sat with him and DD then made a roast chicken and listened to DS read then started the Christmas cards.

Pre DD we used to go for a walk or to a National Trust place most weekends, but mainly because I need to get out and we don’t have a garden. Since DD we’ve been at home more, and it’s been nice and relaxed.

Yours sounds absolutely lovely. I am craving weekends at the moment due to work - so few opps for slow this entire year - always some 'chores' to do plus having to care for IT'S which I totally do not begrudge but means we spend 50% of time off doing so or I don't go but am left with no car.
Anyhow, have just had the best 3 days. Took Friday off and had a 16hr day in London with my DD 24 - saw the best thing on stage in years great food, and a mooch even in the rain. On Sat I had a lie in after we got back past midnight, made brunch, then collected my Grandson and his Mum and other GM to take him to a cute festive photo shoot, stopped at the cake shop for treats then came home to eat them with tea.
Today we had the whole family around again for an 'early' roast (1pm) as DS was working at 4 and DD was still here. All cleared away ; done by 5pm. Baileys & Telly.
Total, wholesome bliss.

God I love staying in all weekend. It feels quite rare at the moment but I love just mooching around the house

You need to stop telling people who are saying they have it harder than you that they're wrong.

Otherwise you're being just as annoying as the instagramers you've posted to complain about.

Lol I thought it was just me...

The OP is concerned that her child is missing out and says social media posts about what other families do make her feel "a bit meh". When I'm over here regularly seeing stuff like this and posts from people I know who only have 1, sometimes 2 children (I have 4) and seem to have a life completely different from mine. And their posts make me feel "a bit meh" because we certainly do not have lovely, serene, relaxing days at home with our children or just pop one child in the car and head out for a wonderful day together 😂 Going anywhere or doing any activities is also not really that great either tbh. It either involves too much fighting, whinging, mess, planning, organisation or energy 😂

3ish hours out at the shops for dc to pick gifts for people Saturday, and today we popped in on another relative for an hour.
My favourite weekend in ages!

Your weekend sounds great. Don’t compare yourself.

It sounds so lovely. My children won’t leave the house at the weekend. As much as I’d love a walk in the woods/county with them it’s a no. This weekend I’ve done housework, and watched a Christmas film with my youngest. He’s played with his toys whilst I sat watching telly. All very chilled. I see people going here there and everywhere on SM. I wish we did more sometimes but not loads. The odd weekend yes. Over Christmas I’ll be lucky if my kids will agree to go see Santa!

Sounds a lovely weekend. Don't sweat.

Sounds standard and normal, unlike Insta stories which are mainly bollocks.

We have done the 'event' years with christmas light trails and christmas theme park visits, Hamleys santa etc. After you have done them once then really you have kind of done it and experienced it. No need to go back again. This year we are having a much quieter and homely christmas build up and it's just as lovely.
Your weekend sounds great. We had some years with soare cash or free tickets to things but this year it's a bit more squeezed and I actually can't be bothered with it all.

Imo lots of people do weekends like that. They are just not the ones that end up on social media.

I live in Zone 2 in London.
Friday night: chilled and watched some Xmas cartoons (Mog’s Christmas, One Snowy night) with my son.
Saturday: went to the Christmas fair at the school where I work
Today: son did drawing and colouring in the morning, played with his megabloks, played with his little dinosaurs, went out about 4 to splash in the puddles and look at the Christmas lights on the terraces around the corner.

Next week to be fair we are going to meet Father Christmas in Covent Garden. But just so you know, even those of us who live in big cities have weekends like yours. Everybody needs downtime.

My weekend:
I wfh mostly. Friend came over Friday afternoon. Jumped in car with me to school run. Kids had Christmas fair at school. Back home. Made dinner for everyone. Friend went home. 9pm I had a work meeting with someone in USA. Eldest put himself and other kids to bed while i did it.

Saturday. Up, took son to football until 1030. Lidl on way home for snacks. Spotted those boxes of fruit. Bought 4, one for me, one for mum, one for my gran, one for my aunt. Home. Picked up other children. Went to library around 1pm. Then visited said elder women in family to drop off fruit and veg boxes, one hour each, Home. Kids played board game and read, I cooked dinner. Ate. Bed. Oh, watched Aitch leave the jungle!

Sunday. Up. Son football, then church. Done by 12 noon. Met gran and aunt at my mum's house. Lunch, chats, watched Kingdom on iplayer catch up. Then home, pick up kids stuff for an activity 5 to 7pm. Home. Dinner. More jungle on TV. Bed.

Can't get more boring than that. Wonderful and cheap, just what I need right now!!!

Sounds lovely. I had a busy Friday and will have a busy Monday so I did absolutely sod all this weekend.

Sounds beautiful to me and similar to what we do on the weekends my daughter has no club, although after club we come home to cuddle up, eat amd watch movies.
Today I ventured over to my parents for dinner amd more lounging. No-one would catch us 'making memories' in this wet, cold weather.

What an incredible weekend you’ve had I’d adore those weekends more than any other x x

Why don’t more do it though?

What an odd question. Why - because they don’t want to, they enjoy doing other things, they stay in most weekends but decide to go all out in December. It’s not difficult to understand. You know different people have different wants, needs, priorities, etc.

Just saying it's easy to have a laid back wholesome weekend when you only have to try and meet the needs of one child. So enjoy your peaceful weekends and don't overthink it.

Errrrr sounds like a stealth boast, you sound like an Instagram post but like youre trying not to show off but yet you are.
Of course we all have weekends like yours. 😊

I think another aspect is doing things like Lapland UK or what we did in London yesterday aren't cheap. But we booked in April, so that's not a whole month of big spends. The money was spent months ago. I don't think many people are blowing all that money in Dec. We normally stay at a Travelodge in Dec for Christmas markets ( booked cheaper in the spring again). But we didn't get round to booking this year, so we drove to Bath for a day. 12 hours out of the house and on the road was fun, cheap, and exhausting. So it's also good and bad. Nice pictures on FB, but I crawled into bed. House still filthy. I don't post that on FB 🤣

This weekend kids had friends round Friday night for food/games & a movie.
Saturday morning youngest has dance classes and eldest did a bit of Christmas shopping with my days, afternoon they were decorating boxes for their dad’s Christmas presents and then we did a family jigsaw. Today we’ve been food shopping, done some jobs round the house, visited 2 hour meet Santa/elves and ride a steam train thing with my parents, brother/SIL and nephews then watched Klaus with a takeaway.
Last weekend and next weekend it’s all stuff at home with a local walk.
We have a lot on through the week so find we have more fun at weekends if we do a limited amount and build in lots of chill time.