Somewhere to take kids Monday

[Anonymous]

What do you usually do on a day off?

Are you always this incompetent?

[Anonymous]

Of course they know it’s happening. I’m just saying we are not going to focus on it or turn the TV on so we don’t become depressed all day. Medieval times is a great suggestion. I was thinking of something special to do like this so inauguration seems secondary/insignificant.
-OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re staying home and having a movie marathon day. I’ll make some treats and we’ll just be cozy.

Dont you go stir crazy sitting around for that long?

And no moving around to boot?

Do you even have an appetite given you and the kids don't do anything but sit for consecutive hours during the said movie marathon ?

Not PP you replied to, but when we "stay at home", we go for a long walk with the dog in our neighborhood. The kids use our indoor trampoline. I might be doing chores and cooking something elaborate. So even if we add a movie to this, we're not inactive.

Not the first responder but a "movie marathon" and adding a movie to the rest of your days activities are not the same thing. I, however, do not have a problem if you guys choose to go the full marathon route with some fun snacks added. Its a cold winter day.

[Anonymous]

Climbing gym

[Anonymous]

I hear the national mall will be empty now, plenty of space for them to run around.

[Anonymous]

We'll end up playing in the snow, make hot chocolate bombs and build a fort. My kids are 8 and 4.

[Anonymous]

https://5-wits.com/arlington

This place is fun, kind of like an escape room, but more hands on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course they know it’s happening. I’m just saying we are not going to focus on it or turn the TV on so we don’t become depressed all day. Medieval times is a great suggestion. I was thinking of something special to do like this so inauguration seems secondary/insignificant.
-OP

You are in for a rough four years. You need to train yourself to tune it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re staying home and having a movie marathon day. I’ll make some treats and we’ll just be cozy.

Dont you go stir crazy sitting around for that long?

And no moving around to boot?

Do you even have an appetite given you and the kids don't do anything but sit for consecutive hours during the said movie marathon ?

Sorry you don’t have the mental focus to watch a couple of movies on a cold winter day?

I’m not the PP but agree with them.
It’s not a couple of movies if it’s all day,
We’ve been having movie evenings recently, having dinner on the couch while we watch. It’s a good way to spend a cold winter evening. But I couldn’t do it all day, and my tween couldn’t either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I refuse to even turn on the TV. I don’t want my children even being aware that it’s inauguration day. Looking for somewhere fun to go just for the day. It will be freezing, so indoor venue recommendations, please! 14 yr old and 10 yr old.

Wait. You hope your 14 year old is stupid or ignorant enough not to know it’s Inauguration Day??!? That’s 8th or 9th grade. Unless they don’t attend school, I assure you they know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re staying home and having a movie marathon day. I’ll make some treats and we’ll just be cozy.

Dont you go stir crazy sitting around for that long?

And no moving around to boot?

Do you even have an appetite given you and the kids don't do anything but sit for consecutive hours during the said movie marathon ?

Are you that incapable of enjoying some peace and quiet? There’s something pathological about needing to move around so much that you can’t imagine enjoying a couple of movies with your family.

+1 The everyday pace of family life with teens is demanding. We’ve enjoyed a relatively quiet weekend, and it’s been marvelous. We watched our first Commanders football game, and are all enjoying some additional well-earned down time today.

[Anonymous]

Bowling!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I refuse to even turn on the TV. I don’t want my children even being aware that it’s inauguration day. Looking for somewhere fun to go just for the day. It will be freezing, so indoor venue recommendations, please! 14 yr old and 10 yr old.

Take them to an indoor waterpark. You could also use the adjacent pool to drown your sorrows (as I do 3xweek).

[Anonymous]

Snow tubing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re staying home and having a movie marathon day. I’ll make some treats and we’ll just be cozy.

Dont you go stir crazy sitting around for that long?

And no moving around to boot?

Do you even have an appetite given you and the kids don't do anything but sit for consecutive hours during the said movie marathon ?

Sorry you don’t have the mental focus to watch a couple of movies on a cold winter day?

I’m not the PP but agree with them.
It’s not a couple of movies if it’s all day,
We’ve been having movie evenings recently, having dinner on the couch while we watch. It’s a good way to spend a cold winter evening. But I couldn’t do it all day, and my tween couldn’t either.

Well la-di-da. you people are too much!