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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For me I was so glad to have my children home and we could be a family not going this way and that. It wasn’t filling the time it was just a joy to have the time. We could sleep late, eat fun breakfasts at 10 am or later if we wanted. They could help with the meals and we could have hamburgers for breakfast if we wanted. IT WAS TIME OFF. We could enjoy being a family.
We did things for our neighbors; rake an elderly neighbor’s yard, or make cookies and deliver them, make up silly songs, read Christmas stories or stay in our PJ’s and have a movie marathon. We built a tent under the kitchen table and “camped out/in”.
Enjoy your children Mom. Make memories. Just love up on them and let them love up on you and let the world go by. It is Christmas. Celebrate the season. Blessings to you and your wonderful family.[/quote]

This all sounds really lovely, but reallllly not how a 2 year old can spend a day (which OP has). I have a 2 yo and at a minimum we need a long playground outing or walk to get through a day. She's a ball of energy. [/quote]

Exactly! My 2 year old would spend about 15 minutes in a tent under the kitchen table before moving on to the next activity. It's also hard to get him to sleep after he's watched more than 30 minutes of a movie.

We all thrive when we're on the move. [/quote]

I’m not trying to make this a working mom vs stay at home debate but SAHMs have breakfast at home with kids every single day. My older kids love building forts and my 2 yo destroys their fort. My older kids love to build legos and my 2yo May either whine and cry wanting a little mini figure or take the dragon my kid just built. My older kids love chess and board games. My 2yo comes and steals the horses. This happens all day long so yeah it is hard to be home all day long and be lazy and just enjoy being home.

Don’t get me wrong. There are lovely moments where all 3 kids play well together but it sure as hell isnt from 6am when 2yo wakes up to bedtime. We do what you mentioned daily and also go on outings, go out to eat, have play dates, practice piano, go hiking, run errands, etc. everyday is a staycation day for me.[/quote]

Don't worry, the original post quoted here sounds like it's from someone who hasn't had young children for a very long time. Someday we'll all remember our days at home with this kind of hazy, rose-colored nostalgia and we can drive all the moms of young kids crazy with our unrealistic suggestions :)[/quote]

Yeah, I won’t take it personally. Sure, I would love to sleep in late. Too bad my 2yo is awake by 6am. She missed the memo that we were planning to sleep in today. And pretty much everyday I have this helper who helps me cook breakfast, lunch and dinner by playing next to me and also helping me by spilling, crying and pulling pots, snacks, bags and anything else out of our pantry and kitchen helping me cook.

Our family did bake cookies and  decorate gingerbread houses this weekend. We also completed a thousand piece puzzle, made xmas ornaments, made snowmen and snowflakes. 2 of my kids had a birthday party to attend and we went to brunch with our friends. [/quote]

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