To ask what your weekend looks like?

[Fofflelumper]

Married with 3 DC age 9, 6 and 2. Every weekend is spent cleaning the house, running to swimming lessons, visiting relatives and maybe visiting the park, museum, local events etc. However I feel like things are getting a bit repetitive now and we’ve done most of the local events and attractions to death. What does everyone else do to fill their weekends?

Mostly cleaning gardening shopping and dog walking

My teenagers don’t want to do activities anymore

I’m ok with the monotony of it currently because every weekend I get shit done, then the week is easier going

4 DD's aged from teen to toddler.

We have swimming, drama, netball, homework, laundry, dog walking, parties etc to fit in. Sometimes we go into town or to events as you do.

We always have a sit down roast on Sunday evenings - a nice way to finish the weekend and relax together before we all start again on Monday.

Most of the time I love the busy routine, but sometimes crave a break from it all too.

Mine consists of getting weighed at WW at 8.30am on a Saturday morning.. heading back home to bed with H for a coffee and read my kindle browse the net and decide what to do for the rest of the weekend, walk the dogs, pub lunch/dinner, shopping etc..
nothing set in stone ever, apart from the dreaded scales

I’m unwell and resting as much as I can with a 4yo. DH worked this morning then went out to play rugby. DC1 is visiting his DF, DC2 went out with friends to the shopping centre and 4yo and I have been vegging watching movies and playing pretend ice cream shop all day might venture out for a short family walk tomorrow and get some fresh air.

Saturday - karate 8am to 1pm. Home for lunch then afternoon of playing games with the family, evening watching a movie (or more games depending on what we’re playing).

Sunday - karate 10-12. Then same as above. Sunday evening would be school prep but it’s the holidays currently.

My husband and I taxi kids to different sport events. Other than that we bicker, get cleaning and homework done and sometimes get a few hours out.
Trying to introduce Friday night being either board games or film night...

I clean the house top to bottom every Friday so I don't clean (except washing up) at the weekend.

My weekends are taken up by cinema trips, meals out, long hikes, cosy evenings in with a glass or four of gin, baking, painting and reading. Once a month DH and I have a weekend away (Groupon deals usually). Less frequently, visiting family, having friends stay.

No children but owner of two businesses, one large scale and one small scale, plus I work full time ++ sooooo
Today I worked the morning at my ‘employed’ job, then home, rode two horses (unrelated to the businesses 😂), walked the dog, did some housework, did larger business’s vat return and now getting ready to go out for the evening with my husband.
Tomorrow, bill day!! Money in, money out. Then out for tea with my in laws.

Low key and chill this weekend.
Reading, surfing the net, or watching TV with my DD(9). I'll drink lots of coffee. May do a few chores (laundry, dishes) here and there. May go for a walk.

I have more chores to do (vacuuming, more washing) but I can't be bothered at present to do it.

Pretty similar to yours to be honest although I don’t really mind that as our weekdays are so busy it’s nice just to relax a bit with the kids and see friends

We have 3 children and my husband works every sat. I tend to clean the house top to bottom and get on top of washing while the kids play/relax in the afternoon I sit with them to get big weekly homework sorted and then its dinner and bath ect. On sundays we try and have days out at NT or visit family. We go through moments where we feel contented with our routine then other times where we feel like we should be doing more but our mon-fri at the moment is manic so I'm quite enjoying the slow weekends.

We have always kept the weekends free from scheduled activities although DS2 has just joined a football club so will be playing matches some weekends.

We have a lazy breakfast and usually go out somewhere in the morning - weather dependent, this could be to the park, to visit MIL, to the coast or a local National Trust place. Often taking a picnic.

Twice a month we go swimming at a private pool.

Afternoons are often spent gaming (kids) and doing chores (me and DH). Then we might play a board game or some D&D. In the evening we have dinner together and watch some Saturday night TV or a film.

It can be repetitive but that's family life! Generally our weekends are relaxing and enjoyable. DC are 10 and 12 and I'm aware they soon won't want to spend as much time with us so enjoying it while it lasts.

Teenage DD so no dreaded activities. Yay!
Weekend starts as soon as I pull up outside the house at 5.30 on Friday.

Watching World Champs so some of that followed my Extra Slice on catch-up then bed.

Saturday: up at 8, then some chores, shopping, reading, telly. Then more of the same until Casualty. Chips as a treat.
Sunday: more reading, telly and maybe s Roast. Then head to the city for shopping and coffee, perhaps with a friend.

Home for ironing and more telly. Sad🙂

Depends on whether ds is swimming at a competition or not!

This weekend we had training last night, training at 7am! And competition tomorrow from 5pm!

Today I've done my online shop and washing. Chilled out and done some housework. Moved ds room around too! Stripped beds and will put stuff back on later.

Tomorrow ds has homework (hours of it!) and I'll iron and do more washing etc and tidy.

We don't tend to go out at weekends now
he's a teen but will sometimes pop to town for costa and run some errands.

Im surprised nowadays how I use to fit in so much when he was younger. But he wasn't training 6 times a week then so I guess we just value having nothing to do now compared to most weekdays always having work/school and swimming

Saturday
10-11 football
1-3 jujitsu

Sunday
10-12 rugby
Aft-usually dh takes kids to see his dad

These are the things that don't usually change. We also do more fun things a night out, go out for food, family over for Sunday lunch or go out with friends and their kids.

It's easier now the kids aren't little and actually enjoy going out for food and seeing their friends.

Quiet weekend as we were at a wedding in Devon last weekend and in the Middle East the weekend before.

Daughter home from university for a 21st tonight. So Friday, a kitchen supper with her and some friends who wanted to give her their present.
A lazy get up this morning with the papers in bed after my husband ran the dog. Then a much needed hair appointment for me whilst my husband and daughter walked the dog and went to Goodwood for lunch.
Daughters off to party and back to university and we’ll light a fire to have baked potatoes in front of the television.
Tomorrow is Mass, probably a coffee with friends. A walk on the beach then get clothes and papers ready for the week ahead.

Working all weekend and then a day off on Monday when my husband goes back to work...I think I need a new job!

I'm a single parent so when I have the kids we do swimming lessons, sport, parties, homework, baking, art, TV, films and loads of cleaning and tidying without any break. Every other weekend I go out boozing, have a long lie in, a fry up then loads of DIY, gardening, take stuff to the charity shop and bigger housework jobs that I can't do easily when the kids are here (like clean the oven or the kitchen cupboards). Sometimes I go away to visit family with the kids or go away with friends without the kids.

Saturdays we go to garden centres in the countryside a lot. Sunday’s we feed ducks, walk in woods, go to a nice park, in the afternoon we bath all the children and get them in pjs and have a movie x

Wow. So many people are so fantastically active! I'm not. We slept in, tea she breakfast in bed, walk the dogs, potter. I made a nice dinner. We're watching a film. Tomorrow will be similar. We have no social plans this weekend and it's nice.

Saturday
Early morning - housework, might baked muffins/make pancakes.
Late morning-DD dance class, run errands.
Afternoon
Ferrying kids to see their friends/ go for a walk or cycle, or get things done in house/garden. I like a nap & reading in bed.
Evening - nice dinner/take away and some wine with DH.

Sunday
Church or ironing (depends on my spiritual mood/how big the pile is).
Early Afternoon - yoga class while DD at her sport.

After that gardening/shopping/ visiting parents or another nap!
Evening- nice dinner, long bath and tv.

We go out into city about 6 times a year to the theatre, sometimes take DCs. We take kids into the city clothes shopping & for dinner quarterly.

It’s a quiet life!

Most weekends it’s dancing Saturday mornings for both my dd’s . Eldest also does gymnastics on a Sunday . Rest of weekend is homework , park trips , library , watching films etc .

Housework and washing first thing not always achieved lie ins, dog walk, shopping, reading, dinner out or takeaway & film. Sometimes cinema. Sometimes visiting family. Same for Sundays. We do t have a set routine, just play it by ear.

saturday mornings are always swimming lessons, sunday mornings are mass.
other things - supermarket shop, birthday parties for DS, outings, or visiting ILs.

(DS is very well behaved for DH at the supermarket as he might get a 'secret donut' I stay home)

Teen DC. All lie in on Saturday morning. Late breakfast, coffee, bits and bobs of housework and gardening. DC emerge at some point. Lunch. Maybe shops. Watch sport on TV. Have a nap or read. Dinner. Same again on Sunday. We rarely do anything organised. Weekends are for really resting and relaxing.