Weekends

[tiredandunhappy]

What do you do at weekends? I always feel like I wish them away a bit because I find them so boring.
For context, my Dd is 3 and wants to be constantly played with. She’s very sweet, goes to preschool full time but can be a little intense, so we like to go out. My DH works away most of the week, so it’s really our only time together as a family. I’m very lucky that I don’t have to do lots of chores at the weekend as I have a couple of days off in the week, but we can just never decide what to do!
I’d love to know what other people do at the weekends with young children!

Our weekends are quite mixed in terms of enjoyment levels 😂 I think that’s standard with young kids. They usually work best when we get up and out for a walk and coffee in the morning then both have something planned for ourselves at some point over the weekend e.g. I went and had a drink at the pub yesterday afternoon and he’s playing golf this afternoon so we both feel refreshed. The worst weekends are when we are all together with no gaps, that’s when we’re both overstimulated!

We always go out. As a minimum for a walk or to feed the ducks but I agree it's easier when we are out of the house.

We take a picnic to a National Trust fairly often. We've got a couple of good ones locally that have woodland play areas. Having a membership means we don't mind if we're only popping there for an hour or so.

Taking a trip to a cafe for a coffee for us and babyccinos for DDs is also fairly regular. We have found a few locally that have a little play area so will happily drive out to them.

IKEA since the creche opened again! Sessions are only 45 mins or so but enough for them to have a play.

I agree with @violetcuriosity that DH and I take it in turns to have an hour or so to ourselves at some point over the weekend. We alternate days to lie in so Saturday is my lie in day and Sunday is his. I'll go and read my book in the bath for an hour at some point and DH will go to the gym at a different point over the weekend. We like spending most of our time together but also need a bit of time to ourselves to all keep our sanity.

Used to take the youngest swimming every weekend (eldest hates it 😂) but the pool is currently closed for maintenance for 3 months. 🙄

So right now its a mix of baking, making a sunday roast (im religious about my sunday roasts 😂), going for a walk, homework, and playing games as the weather has gone bad up here.

Same boat. If we don’t leave the house early-ish, the whole day just spirals into whining and screen time battles. Even just a walk to the bakery or a garden centre resets everyone. Doesn’t have to be a Big Day Out, just… movement.