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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions. i didn’t even know that Groupon was still a thing :-) I do solo parenting often when DH is on business trips but this is usually combined with work, school, activities and planned outings. This situation is a last minute change of plan for 5 days. I am definitely planning to get a neighborhood teen to help for a couple of hours so I can get a break.

For the PP who is used to doing this, good for you i guess! I wish you had more constructive advices, it is not a competition ![/quote]

There is really nothing to advise.  It’s five days. What would you be doing if your husband was home?  Just so the same. [/quote]

DP - if you have zero compassion for someone who handles a situation differently than you, why post at all?  Dumping on people who don’t have your skill set isn’t helpful.

Good luck, OP!  Fingers crossed for good weather this weekend.[/quote]

[b]I’m not ”dumping”-I’m being practical.[/b]
 Spending time with your older kids for a few days shouldn’t  require hiring help.
And the extremes in advice is bizarre.    One poster suggesting that Op’s 8 year old still needs help feeding, dressing, and using the toilet-while other posters suggesting op take the kids to water parks by herself!  [/quote]

No, you're not.  Being "practical" in this case would be offering helpful suggestions.  You're being smug and rude.[/quote]

I did offer a helpful suggestion and I am not being smug nor rude.   You are being defensive and are name calling.

The helpful suggestion is to just do whatever you would have done if the husband was home.    You don't need to hire a mother's helper to spoon food your 8 year old or help him use the toilet.   You also don't need to drag 3 kids to NYC or Great Wolf Lodge by yourself--especially if you are incapable of just existing with them in the house for five days without the help of a middle school girl.   That would be a disaster!  [/quote]

I was going to suggest kalahari. My kids are all better swimmers than I am. They have taken swim lessons since preschool and did swim team since kindergarten. My kids are well behaved and good travelers.

Some parents have kids who seem very difficult. Others are easy.

I have friends who travel to Asia by themselves with 3 kids since kids were babies. Going on an outing or short trip to a close by city isn’t that big of a deal.[/quote]

According to at least one poster in this thread, OP's kids are at an age (5-8) where they still need help lifting a fork from a plate to their mouth, using the toilet, and putting on every day clothing.   With three kids that are that dependent, there is no way anyone should be taking them to a waterpark on their own.   It's way to dangerous.[/quote]

Waterparks require vests. What exactly do you think is going to happen while waiting in line for a water slide? I have been taking my kids to the pool solo since they were toddlers. At young ages, they would wear puddle jumpers. There are shallow areas.

If OP and kids can’t swim and not comfortable, that is fine but [b]I do not think unable to go on outings with elementary kids is hard.[/b] It doesn’t have to be a water park. [/quote]

I don't think so either.   Like I said from the beginning, I thought since OP's kids were older it shouldn't be hard--but OTHER posters are the ones saying that 8 year olds still need help feeding themselves and using the toilet.  And that it was necessary to hire a local middle school girl to help out.
If OP really NEEDS the assistance of sixth grade Sadie next door to spoon feed her 3rd grader, then taking three children to a water park by herself is ridiculously dangerous.[/quote]

I think you are the only poster who keeps mentioning that OP kids "still need help lifting a fork from a plate to their mouth, using the toilet, and putting on every day clothing." You obviously has too much time on your hands, go get a job![/quote]

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