What do your weekends look like these days?

[Anonymous]

I’m really missing regular summer weekends which for us were filled with seeing friends, family, traveling, pools and beaches. We have remained pretty active but the heat and lack of access to a pool is starting to limit what we can do. Also the additional chores eats into weekend time (we both work but have a part time babysitter during the week). What is keeping you happy and sane during the weekends?

[Anonymous]

Pool, beach, lake, boat, roadtrip to previous mentioned and then repeat.

[Anonymous]

Laundry, park in the mornings, batch cooking to get ready for the week ahead, maybe a socially-distanced playdate in the backyard every 2nd or 3rd weekend.

I definitely miss cookouts and seeing friends and family and going to lake houses but it's not the salt mines or anything. We're just trying to make the best of the situation and daydreaming about trips we can take next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m really missing regular summer weekends which for us were filled with seeing friends, family, traveling, pools and beaches. We have remained pretty active but the heat and lack of access to a pool is starting to limit what we can do. Also the additional chores eats into weekend time (we both work but have a part time babysitter during the week). What is keeping you happy and sane during the weekends?

I can't say I'm especially happy, but we just do little things (baking, biking, etc) and try to get through the days. I wish it were better right now, but we want to stay safe.

[Anonymous]

Very, very boring.

Pre-Covid our weekends were wonderful. The kids had 2 activities on Saturday and 2 activities on Sunday. After the Saturday activities we would meet another family for brunch. Then we'd play at home and then usually go out for Saturday night dinner to our favorite restaurant. Sunday evenings we would often have 2-3 families over for a pizza dinner. We'd fit in errands and cleaning on the weekends but since I'm a SAHM I usually got all that done during the week.

Now our weekends look exactly like our weekdays more or less. All the kids' activities were canceled in early March. So now we have nothing structured to do on the weekends. And since I'm a SAHM at home with them all week, but the weekends we're tired of board games, Legos, and TV. We cook a pancake breakfast at home both mornings, and then we spend the rest of the time playing in the backyard, board games, and cleaning the house. And lots and lots of TV and movies.
The kids are bored, we're bored, and I'm just really tired of this lifestyle.

[Anonymous]

Cleaning the house

[Anonymous]

Kids are 3 and 5, and we always do our outside activity in the morning right now because of heat.

Main activities are hiking and biking.

We have a chunk of time that is lunch + quiet time + video + snack for the kids, and that takes up most of mid-day.

Late afternoons we generally stay close to home. Most of the time we'll just hang out inside playing games, or sometimes we do a water activity in our back yard. I'll set up a sprinkler, the water table, or a super-hacked together slip & slide made from a little tykes slide & a plastic tarp that we run water down.

[Anonymous]

Really boring, to be honest. I miss our nanny terribly. Generally I take the dog "on a long walk" but really go to an empty park and sit on a bench for an hour and FaceTime with friends, then go home and take a long shower, then a nap.

[Anonymous]

Let's see.

We takeout on Friday nights and go for a boat ride. Gardening and farmers markets and chores Saturday morning while child sleeps in. Swimming all Saturday afternoon. Grilling Saturday night and movie or more running around outside. Drive in if they have something playing we want to go to.

Sometimes a zoo or museum too.

Sunday morning an online church service (about to meet again but outdoors starting next week) then Youth Church group meeting outdoors with a picnic on Sunday nights.

[Anonymous]

Not much. Maybe an hour at the pool, but very boring. Everything is so crowded that we don’t feel comfortable really going anywhere.

[Anonymous]

They are fine. Last weekend we went to the playground and splashed in a creek for like three hours. Met a friend and made friends there too. Then home for lunch, met another friend for scooter riding, pizza place outdoors for dinner. Similar plan this weekend. Every weekend we plan some sort of adventure with the goal of going someplace new. It’s actually been great. I’m not sure why everyone is complaining. Come winter you will be miserable bc of the cold!

[Anonymous]

We get out side early like 8 - 10, and drive somewhere new for a hike or bike ride.

Our pool is open by reservation and I try to get an afternoon reservation every Saturday and Sunday.

I try not to run errands or do anything that will involve other people because I think weekends tend to be busier. But, both parents work full time, so weekends are a good time to catch up on undivided attention to the kids - legos, games, reading, crafts, cooking, baking.

We usually grill out for dinner and eat outdoors.

Also lots of cleaning! And organizing and planning for the week ahead.

[Anonymous]

Pool, beach, fishing, zoos, tennis, soccer, golf and farms. Besides not socializing, summer doesn’t feel that different.

[Anonymous]

Pool, tennis, biking, hiking, movie night, clean house most weekends. An outdoor playdate with one other family about twice per month.

[Anonymous]

The only thing I truly miss is being able to travel. Other than that life is slower paced and simpler on the weekends. I don’t really miss all the bday parties, and running around to different activities. I’m enjoying running on the beach, tennis, pool, and long bike rides with the family.