What are your Saturday mornings like?

[Bemyclementine]

Single parent, dc aged 6 and 8. We have a busy week with school, work, clubs. Friday night movie night. Sat mornings I always feel I'm missing something. They're watch tv/having their tablet time. I'm washing g up, pottering about. I feel like I waste time.

They don't always want to go out but I get a bit stir crazy!

I've avoided Sat morning clubs so we have a day without commitments. They go to their dad's Sundays.

Didn’t see that the last two posters were the same poster Crystal so just saw your “fill these hours!” as a stand-alone post…. Thought you were being a little pushy tbh 😂

I think having clubs every night after school sounds like a lot!! Maybe they need that down time.

Saturdays are a lazy morning for us as and the only one in the week usually. DC have a club at 10.30am so I usually sleep in as late as I can, make fresh coffee, foot about in my kimono with the radio on, read on the garden if I can. DC just play / chill / watch TV and eat their Saturday cereal (naughty chocolate cereal they aren’t alllwed apart from my lie in day 😂). Then it’s all dressed about 10am, off to the club. Me and DH do a run while they’re at class and we’re all home, showered and ready to walk the dog about 1pm ish. We like to go on a big dog walk / sometimes a big hike weather permitting and then back for cooking a big lunch. Today we made lasagne. Sat afternoon is lazy time .DC enjoy anything from play dates, neighbours over in the garden / crafts / drawing / reading / getting all their toys out. We love a big chilled day!

Our weeks are mad busy though and we use Sundays for daytrips out so Saturday is just lovely relaxed family time.

Single parent Up early, yoga and tidy. DD often has a sleepover so breakfast for them. This morning was pancakes.

Go and do the ponies (poo pick, fly masks on, quick groom)

Walk dog and any foster dog.

Then.. lunch/homework.

I remember Saturday mornings were Saturday tv in pj's then out playing with friends whilst my mum baked cakes or made soup for lunch, afternoons usually consisted of the same with a mix of watching rugby or listening to some old rock and roll records with my Dad if it was raining, or I'd bake a cake (and leave the mess for my mum to clear up😬).

I look back with such fond memories of my Saturdays at home and so glad my parents didn't make us do clubs etc.

They don't have clubs every night, but I do work so that comes into it too.

It sounds like our days are ok after all I think I need more structure rather than the DC!

This morning the kids got up and went downstairs and watched telly in their PJs and got their own breakfast. I drank about 4 coffees because I’m wrecked. We had football at 11am. after a bit of lunch, we did the weekly shop. Then I made a dinner to freeze and a dinner to eat. One child baked cookies and the other played Lego. We brought the dog for a walk, had dinner and now we are all sat in front the the telly. If you have a mad week, I think you need a day to just recover. Kids definitely don’t need to be kept productive - they need time for quiet play, pottering about, doodling, whatever they like.

Saturdays are busy in our family, as we have a regular club for DD1 and a family swim on Sundays, so Saturdays are the only day we can get out as a family to visit a museum, see a show or exhibition or festival. We're in London so there's always something going on, and we put it into the calendar and book anything ticketed months in advance. We have an early start because DD1 has an 8am swimming lesson, which DH takes her to, then I meet up with them with DD2. We're generally out of the house from 7.30am- 3pm at least, often later (but generally are home for dinner). If we just go out to a show for an hour, we find a playground or museum or something else nearby to do rather than go straight home. Sometimes DD1 has a birthday party to go to, but we don't do play dates.

As a family we like being busy, seeing different places and doing new things, and enjoy being out and about in town. DD1 has clubs 4 nights a week, she loves doing lots of different activities and mixing with a variety of children.