To spend the weekend in the house?

[MrsTumbletap]

Just wondering how many of you enjoy spending time in your house, to the point that you are happy to not leave for the whole weekend?

DH works weekends so is pretty much out of the picture so it's just me and DS, he is happy pottering around playing with toys, we have lunch, watch a film together etc. Sometimes a family member will pop over for coffee. But I always feel so lazy that we haven't done anything productive other than a bit of tidying and homework.

Some weekends are frantic, with kids parties and visits here and there, AIBU to basically potter around the house, when there is no agenda? AIBL am I being lazy?? Or is that what weekends are for?

We are having a monster lego session now and cooked breakfast. 😁

I love being home. Im glad to read others are like me as I've always been like this and my family always made me out to be a boring saddo. I'm never bored, I enjoy pottering, drawing, knitting, reading or just snuggling up with the kids. Plus there's uniform washing and bits to catch up on before the school week. Kids have swimming lessons on a Saturday morning, we go to town on a Sunday quite often as it's free parking, pop to shops and kids sometimes have parties so we do go out. But if there's nothing to do we are happy at home. It's good to recharge, and I think kids need down time at home too. When we have had a busy weekend they usually end up shattered.

I get online shopping delivered Friday night so I don't have to leave the house all weekend. Feels important to be grounded at home sometimes to cope with the mayhem during the week.

We both work, kids are at nursery and after school club. Weekends are down time for everyone. Sometimes we do days out - Natural History Museum yesterday for example - but for the most part the kids really welcome the unstructured time.

I love being out and about and exploring so I’ve had to retrain myself a bit! This is what the kids really need, and I’m glad they’re growing up able to entertain themselves and find things to do without lots of structured outings and activities.

I really like doing that; I’m out so much in the week that it’s nice to be home. I only went out yesterday to let DD run off a bit of steam.
At one point we were busy so much on weekends that I started “planning” a weekend at home every so often when I’d tell people we were busy and just chill at home

I'm still in my pjs OP, I have 4 DC. My eldest is in his room, my eldest daughter is still asleep and my youngest two are in the living room with toys and the tv. I'm just sorting laundry and tidying up. I will get dressed eventually! I don't go anywhere on a weekend, I make sure the food shop is done Friday and that is that. I do enough running about through the week with school runs, after school activities etc, Ali don't want to move at weekends unless completely necessary xx

DDIJ. What’s so wrong with being at home?
Are you ok?

Like you OP I work 40hrs a week, I love me time at weekends.

Catching up on reading, list of things to do and a full fridge & larder. Happy days 💐

I'm a homebody, DH isn't so we compromise and have a couple of weekends a month where we don't make plans and just potter round the house.

I do a physically and mentally draining job and just need to relax and regroup.

My retired MIL thinks a day in the house is a day wasted though.

What age is your son?

I hope one day soon we can manage this

I feel like I should go for a walk or something with the kids, as the weather is ok k. But I've got 8 essays left to mark, a data analysis to complete and some exam papers to create, so I'll probably leave them to their lego.

I loooove spending the weekend at home, I adore my house and really enjoy spending time in it.
Yesterday kids (9 & 12) got up and made their breakfast then walked up the road to the library whilst dh and I had a leisurely breakfast. dh and I dropped the kids at their martial arts class and went to the local market to get food shopping (love browsing the diff food stalls), picked up kids, came home, did some cleaning, played twister together, I spent some time practicing piano whilst dh read and kids had screen time, cooked a lovely dinner together whilst kids practised music, watched a film on the sofa, kids to bed, me and dh watched film together. Today let kids have a bit more screen time so me and dh could have a ‘lie in’ 😉. Got up at 11, now browsing mumsnet in my pjs. What’s not to like???!

@DDIJ That sounds worrying. Do you want to post here or maybe start your own thread. I am sure people can at least try to help.

OP - YANBU. I love my home and could easily spend a week here without leaving, never mind a weekend! So long as I can make tea I am all set.

I would say my weekends are split between doing nothing at all, aside from tidying and a bit of housework, or maybe meeting friends for lunch one day, or going to see family. I couldn't cope with spending every weekend doing stuff. Where's your down time?

If I get bored I go for a walk along the beach, but I still don't speak to anyone. My job involves a lot of communication and is very full on so I love being curled up with the cat, reading a book or watching murder mystery tv

I have been chilling with my dog and one of my cats - the two males in my life I can trust!! (Yes, OH cheated, and is now gone!) in my bed and I love Sundays for that. In a minute I will take the dog out and we will go to get the papers and then chill on the sofa together. Cant beat a lazy Sunday just pottering about the house!

I love it! Yesterday I did loads of sorting out whilst the kids pottered around played PS4 and today I’m still in my PJs. I can’t do it every weekend but the weather’s awful and I’m trying to have a minimum spend month so don’t feel remotely guilty.

I thought that spending all weekend at home is quite normal and a lot of people do it? We are all different, so some people always like to be busy and some people like to chill out.

I have never been the sort of person who felt that DC had to be entertained and taken out of the house every second of the day. I work from home a lot, so they have had to learn how to play on their own and how to chill out at home.

We go out sometimes, so the cinema, or a craft day, but most weekends are spent at home tidying up, watching films, playing games, and just generally relaxing.

My friend tends to spend every weekend running the DC to sporting events, watching sporting events, or going shopping. That would drive me insane, but it suits her to be busy.

I think there’s too much pressure now on ‘doing things’ and fomo (fear of missing out).

I think it’s great your dc can entertain themselves. So may children aren’t happy unless they are entertained.

Your weekend sounds lovely.

I am the complete opposite to my Dh who thinks a day without planned events outside the house is a waste. We are getting a dog again soon so wont be able to crash inside everyday in the future but even then a good dog walk around the village twice a day still counts as pottering in my opinion.

DDs loves pottering and pretend play. Cant do that if you at soft play and zoos every weekend. I also work 4 days a week and on my day off before DD started school we used to slum it around the house with the most excitement coming from going to the library 2 mins walk away. DH was horrified...

I love spending an entire weekend at home not doing much. We had a really busy time before Christmas so I'm really enjoying not having much to do now. This will change as the days get longer and the weather gets warmer but for now I'm enjoying being hunkered down. I think it's important to have unstructured time to just be.

I feel like you sometimes about the lazy, unproductive aspect and that really got to me between Christmas and New Year as lots of people I know were doing things, going away, being active and I wasn't. I've made a note in my diary later in the year to look at things we could do after Christmas so we have a mix of structured and unstructured time.

I'm also spending much less time on Facebook now as seeing what others are doing doesn't help me. I'm much happier doing my own thing and letting others get on with theirs. No-one gets a badge of honour for being constantly busy and also constantly exhausted. Rest when you need to so that you're ready to take on life again afterwards.

I live in Bavaria and here the shops are closed on Sunday. The weather is atrocious at the moment. All makes me feel more than happy to be at home.
Yesterday my friend came round, I cooked lunch and we played board games in the afternoon, then the kids were on the wii doing sport games.
Today DH and I had coffee in bed watching TV for a bit. Just cleaned the fishtank and going to put a chicken in the oven for Sunday dinner.
Love chilled weekends.
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I'm still in my dressing gown (well I took DDs swimming at 7 this morning but we all got back into PJs after we'd showered). I think a weekend (or large portion thereof) at home is fine. We try to avoid hours and hours of screen time - although a film plus a few episodes of Paw Patrol never seems excessive over 12 hours! - but playing, craft, colouring etc are the usual. We never ever manage a full weekend though as with 3 DC there is always a party, haircut or playdate to fit in. I tend to go stir crazy before DH so if there's something needs grabbing from the Co-op I do it or take the opportunity to go out for coffee with a friend while DC are occupied.

I believe that "quality time" does not have to be spent actively "making memories" (and there's often a lot to be said for being bored together!)

My dd who is 13 dances all day on a saturday so sundays we like to spend time at home although she stayed at my mums last night but will be home early evening
I used to work every sunday but recently changed my job so having sundays at home is lovely
We often go out for a walk on a sunday morning just to get some fresh air but then the rest of the day is for getting ready for the week ahead