Blimey Eco that's a schedule and half, and without meaning to sound rude your friend has an insane number of toys. The only outdoor toy I have is a trike, and to be honest it is a little redundant. She much prefers 'helping' DH and I. All time favourites are filling the dog bowls with water, washing the car, hanging on behind me when I push the wheel barrow, picking up sticks, that kind of thing.
On a more organised front her social life is nursery, two mornings of learning to share, and play, and do activities we have yet to start at home like cooking I am gearing myself up for the mess. I tend to rely on the dogs for daily entertainment, as she will spend any amount of time running round the field carrying the ball thrower and trying to catch Dog1 as he is the more cuddly of the two. We also go to the park to play on the swings, climbing frame and playing field. The field has patches of sand, so that's the sand pit, and if it rains there are puddles. Who needs sand trays
. I don't do toddler groups, or soft play, and don't feel the need. I probably would if she didn't have her nursery friends, just for the social aspect.
As for toys, two I'd recommend are giant lego bricks and an aqua doodle mat. Both of those require a bit of thought and coordination. I'm not sure having loads of toys is such a great idea. It's expensive, for a start. Have you tried hiding half, and then swapping them over every week? I also think one big thing for outside is enough, especially if you are out and about going to activities much of the time anyway. If you have loads they won't really appreciate any of them. Interesting fact, when my parents were staying they had only one toy (lego) in the flat. When we visited the lego was the most interesting thing ever, and she played with it for hours. Put the lego in a room with lots of other things and ironically she gets bored much more quickly.
You'll be pleased to know that not only did I sit this afternoon, I actually had a nap, and then afterwards a quick swim. It'd have been rude not to as DH got up at 6am to clean, back wash, and de-pond the pool, a job that took him a good 2 hours... and, even better, he got the heater working! 22C may not be balmy but in comparison to what it was it felt really quite luxurious. Strange man my DH. He won't vacuum the house, but he will vacuum the pool!
Stormy interesting question. I guess you can if you have a slightly random ovulation schedule, but I can guarantee if you were actively ttc you definitely wouldn't.
Eco what have you been baking? Your culinary dedication makes me feel bad. Today I bought cheese scones. They are the easiest and quickest thing to make on the planet.... but the ones from the local store are good
. It's a new local store. It's fab. I predict the demise of a few of the other local specialist shops, not because supermarkets are ruining their business, but because they are fundamentally rubbish and they no longer have a captive market.
Hope you all had a lovely relaxing saturday.