How long did your dc spend outside today?

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I just realised my dc went outside today to play at 11.00and didn't come inside (unless for the toilet) until dinner at 6.30!!! 🤣 I love days like that!!

No proper garden here. Small back terrace and small front yard so we do have some outside space and we've been very creative with it.

The outside front yard is an utter sun trap though so we pop in and out. We're already looking rather tanned (even with factor 50!)

Er... all day! Lol

@cupcakehurricane101 yes today I handed them lunch through the back door as it's a stable door! 🤣 it's like my serving hatch 👍

About three hours, we live in a flat otherwise it would be longer.

8 and 12 year old about 2 hours helping me garden.
6 year old wandered out a couple of times. Having a sulky day today and doesn’t want to do anything.
14 year old about 5 minutes.
All 4 refused to walk the dog with me.

In and out. Our garden isn't huge but we have a trampoline, two rabbits in a big run, some grass and decking with a table and chairs. I sat reading for a while and they brought put board games to play near me which was good as I didn't have to get involved

@ItchySeveredFoot where the heck have you got swingball from? Ours has broken and the kids use it loads and I can't find it in stock anywhere!

All of mine went out at about 11ish and I dragged 3 of them back in at 6 for tea and a shower.
Oldest 2 are still out there.
The 3 youngest are constantly filthy - they're working together on digging a large hole, but they're happy, and that's all I'm bothered about just now.

Ds 10 spent half an hour helping me in the garden, dd 13 spent about 10 seconds where she came out of her room walked past her dad sitting on the sofa and came in the garden to ask me if she could get a can of pop! I asked her if she wanted to go out for a walk she said maybe tomorrow, when I got back after an hour walking In the local woods she complained I'd gone out without her!

I too have been searching for swingball unsuccessfully!

12 and 14 yo, they've been out for about 15 mins today and that's basically more time than they've had outside for a month...

Small steps......

We went to a beautiful deserted beach today and there wasn’t one child on it

Mine are 6, 4 and 2. They are so lucky to have a big garden and each other. They can ride bikes, dig, go on the trampoline, swings and slide, hide in tents, water plants, look for frogs, kick a football... They tend to go out once dressed/ teeth/ breakfast/ watched tv, and come in mid afternoon. Back out before and after dinner. Probably 4-6 hours a day at the moment.

Less time than me😀 ds thinks he's got enough vitamin.d and anyway, the Xbox is indoors. The dc are 2years apart but don't play together. I was totally conned.

4 yr old DD was in the garden from 11.00 - 5.00.

She loves being outside, so we're making the most of the good weather.

Daughter 2 hours. Son 1 hour.

A 2 hour walk with our 3 year old as we have no garden. Its shit. Its absolute fucking shit not having a garden.

10 yr old popped to the allotment with her dad and didn’t come back for about 5 hours ( it was empty there so they were alone all day) 12 year old went out for 30min run with me this evening.

Pretty much the same here, outside from 10am in our garden and our daily walk.

5-6 hours, we have swings/ slide set. Badminton (Aldi last year), Ball games with the dog, ate in the garden. Bike rides (long drive also they like to go in circles on the grass) Swinging in hammock. Did the chickens/ ducks. Randomly they spent ages making peg sculptures with clothes pegs. Built a pyramid with old boxes (school project) and painted it. We did lots of baking too cupcakes/ big cake and scones with DC going in and out. Didn't do any cleaning apart from dishwasher so will have to have a blitz tonight

Probably about five hours altogether. Mix of biking, eating lunch outside, water play, gardening.

About 3ish hours in the garden.

1 and 4 year olds here. We went out to the garden at 10 and came in around 6 for bath time then 4 year old came back out until he went to bed at 7.30. We are lucky to have a big garden. They played nicely most of the day. Took 4 year old on a bike ride whilst husband took 1 year old out for a walk in the buggy. Had a BBQ and drank plenty of gin. Pretty much every weekend day for the past 5 weeks has followed the same pattern!

Most of the day! We went for a walk this morning for about 40 mins and they were outside in the garden from just after lunch until tea time. Brilliant day!

They went out about 10 am came in for a couple of hours here and there . Then I brought them in at 5.30ish. We are lucky to have lots of garden toys and a big enough garden. I also put the tent up a few days ago so they've had alot of fun with that. The best thing I have ever bought was a trampoline. They have hours of fun on it and I've been able to go on it with them and get some exercise :D they are 11,8,5 and 3