What do your weekends with your 4/5/6 year old DDs look like?

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What do your weekends with your 4/5/6 year old DDs look like?

Looking for inspiration. Only child here so especially interested to hear what people do with their 4/5/6 year olds if they are only children too, or otherwise what you do with them during one on one time without other siblings?

I had one on one time with my four year old this weekend. On Saturday she had a swimming lesson and then a friend came to play and for lunch. Later on she watched cartoons and a film and while I was cooking was dressing up and running around. Then tea bath and bed. On Sunday I took her to a local lovely park, we sat in the cafe there and read books (as it has a fab book corner), then played for a while and caught the bus home. That’s fairly typical for us - always the swimming lesson and then we do a lot of park stuff or go to the library and a cafe. I feel bad for not painting more at home:arts and crafts or doing jigsaws but she does that all week at nursery.

Music and dance lessons on Saturday morning. Maybe lunch in a cafe. Potter in the garden or go to the park with a bike or remote control car, play with toys in the house if it’s cold. Church on Sunday morning. Granny sometimes visits on Sunday afternoon. One or both of us might have to work from home in the afternoon so it’s handy that Granny is there. Occasionally we skip church and go out to a garden or museum etc for the day. We take turns seeing friends on a Sat or Sun night, we never go out together because one of us always has to babysit.

My ds is 6 and an only child . On Saturdays we have a cuddle and read in bed then get up and have breakfast . Then an hour long swimming lesson and then a snack and a drink in the cafe afterwards . Then it varies , sometimes soft play or a friends party , sometimes looking around the local market and charity shops for books and little toys and sometimes the park and he loves the outdoor gym part . The late afternoon he colours or pays while I do housework and then a family film in the evening . Sunday is family day because dh is not working . We have English Heritage tickets and tickets to a local petting farm and an arboretum and we choose one or have a walk along the beach and pier and play mini golf , have chips or go crabbing depending on the weather .

Have a nearly 6 year old DD (also 10 year old DS). Saturday mornings she does football. In the afternoons we may do something as a family. If 1-1 with her I generally either play with her, do arts & crafts, go to the park, shopping or for a coffee. Sunday she goes swimming first thing. DH & DS are at rugby all morning so it’s just the two of us. Sometimes go shopping after but normally come back, sometimes have our neighbours daughter over or goes there, do homework, colour, draw. In the afternoon we often watch a family film.

DD is nearly 4 and an only child. Saturday mornings she has dancing first thing, then we often go to my parents house for lunch (not currently as my dad is having chemo and small children are germ factories!) We usually have quite a chill afternoon as she does 4 days at nursery and is usually quite tired, so maybe some baking, play in the garden if it’s nice, play with Lego. Sometimes we just sit on the sofa and watch a good few hours of tv!

Sunday’s we start out slow, quite often have a nice breakfast (bagels or bacon sandwiches). Then we’re usually out for some sort of activity- soft play, meeting her friends, park. We don’t do “big days out” that often as I have ME and it takes a lot out of me. Then back home, play a bit more- DH will sometimes take her out on her scooter if I need a rest- wash hair ready for nursery and bed.

I have dd age 6 who is an only. Sat morning we might go to the library, to the park or just hang out at home. Sometimes she has a play date with a friend. Sat afternoon she has Stagecoach (drama/singing/dance) for three hours. Sunday we might see family, play at home, go swimming/to cinema/museum. Depends what sort of mood she’s in really.

Have a 6 year old only .. Saturday morning she has swimming a lesson.
We tend to have someone to visit over the weekend, family or friends.
Take the dog out. We do sometimes have a day out on a weekend, now that restrictions are lifted.

She has alot more going on then I did as a kid that's for sure!

Saturday’s are spent taking my youngest to gymnastics, then we’ll do an activity so could be: hiking, cycling (she’s on the back), the dreaded soft play on occasion, museum, pottery painting class, cinema, bowling, mini-climbing wall, swimming etc. Sunday’s we tend to go for a cycle as a family (youngest on the back of my bike) and then a whopper of a Sunday lunch as a reward.

Sat mornings - gymnastics, then we potter about (this weekend, went for a bike ride to the park and then played some board games), then swimming lesson in the late afternoon.

Sunday - do something like baking or a play date, or a garden centre, or a mix of those sorts of things. Dd is 4.

I have a nearly 4 year old and a 6 year old.

Friday night is chill night, easy dinner in front of the tv.

Saturday, youngest has swimming at 9am, biggest does Parkrun. Afternoons recently have been parties, clip & climb, trampolining, a walk, cinema, bowling and/or shopping. Mine live a trip to the local giant Home Bargains.

Sundays, church then coffee morning, more parties, a big walk (we have memberships to a local stately home, National Trust and RSPB). Visiting friends/ family, gardening.

Oh and we had a film afternoon Saturday with popcorn and hotdogs for lunch.

DD is 6 and an only.

She has a drama class first thing on a Saturday morning. After that we alternate these types of activities on Saturdays and Sundays.

Walks in the park
Visit local national trust places
Visit library
Go to local events in city e.g. parades
Home day - baking, craft etc
Cinema
Visit family
Walk somewhere local with stop for ice cream
In the summer - maybe local beach
Parties for school friends
Long afternoon baths
Film afternoon with popcorn at home.
Summer - paddling pool, BBQ, garden fun
iPad time
Coming to do jobs like food shop etc..
Maybe go for coffee and cake
Free time to be bored and play.
Lego
Lazy pyjama mornings with nice breakfast and TV
Soft play
I've just heard of a local.baking class so will be trying that out.

4 year old with bigger siblings

Weekends are quite similar

Ballet every Saturday morning followed by same cafe (really nice one and we to see the same people doing the same)

Park and running around plus cafe

Party in afternoon if friends are having one

Sunday local museum and lunch plus market

Had DGC age 4 this weekend. Saturday morning tap dancing, afternoon was Sing2 at the cinema followed by pasta and ice cream at Frankie and Bennies. Sunday was a walk by the seafront followed by lunch a bit of baking and art.

My 4 yo:

Ballet at 9
Gymnastics at 10.30

Go to the cafe with her to get a morning snack/treat.

Head home to join the rest of the family for lunch. Afternoons are usually spent as a family doing something or going to a birthday party.