What are we doing today?

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My 10 year old has asked me this every morning for the past 5 months. After lockdown I have planned things to do several times a week such as beach days and picnics plus a week away but I just cant do this every single day. At 10 and 14, my two are too old for the park so everything we do costs money. The 14 year old is happy doing his own thing but my 10 year old puts me on a huge guilt trip every day. AIBU to have some days just at home??? I know I'm not but my MH is suffering and I feel hugely guilty when I see other families on fb doing exciting things when I seem to have run out of ideas and money 😢

Find a countryside spot and take a picnic and go for a walk.

Yanbu. I'm at home with 4 kids last 6 months. We have our own business and DH is working 7 days a week 12 hour days and we had to sell our second car and left with the small one for DH job. Corona really turned out life upside down. I can't physically take them out of the village we live in without a bus. But the his drivers aren't too happy about 5 of us getting on. Even though we wear masks they are all 7 and under. Just the baby doesn't wear one. Even my 3 year old will put one on. Got refused entry on the bus so haven't bothered again. Our local park only just opened 2 weeks ago but they took out half the swings for socially distancing which seems stupid as they can all climb on the climbing frame together.... So we haven't been as it's busy and the little ones want to use swings. So we have a duck pond which they are fed up with and many friends have gone away and we don't have any family. I am stuck as to what to do as we have walked our village to death. We spent time in the garden a lot but they are ever sick of that and just want to go on their tablets all day. They don't even want to go out any more! I'm going to suggest a walk again today but they have just given up and are asking every day how many sleeps until school. And the couple of friends who are in contact and are not away seek to be out all the time, bowling, farms, fruit picking, small holidays to cottages. How can they afford all this!? Not jealous. Pleased they can be feel like I have let my family down! I am lucky though that they love each other and don't need to be entertained constantly and will play together but I feel like I have let them down. Their clubs that they do at school which we pay for have been stopped. One of the companies has gone bust (chess) and they are distraught as it was their favourite club and one of the only things I could do without leaving the village. Feeling quite depressed today. So I join you OP. But yanbu you can only do what you are doing x