So here is a boring intro as to the purpose of what I'm going to try and do moving forward. I'm currently a stay at home mom with a little boy (Flynt) who just turned 2 last week and a little girl (Wren) who will turn 5 in June. My husband and I decided to do our best to start socially distancing starting yesterday. I have learned though experience that I do best in life when I try to make things a game or a challenge.
I know it's a silly coping mechanism but for me it works. I think of it as similar to a gratitude dairy (which I have tried and failed to do several times). It's a way for me to focus on positive things every day and that is my kids. They are wonderful and exhausting and demanding and fun. I don't want this time to be remembered as a time of stress or boredom so I'm trying to be more creative with our play. It makes them more pleasant and is more fun for me too.
Normally I have a babysitter come twice a week for 3 hours at a time, my daughter goes to preschool 3 days a week and I go to the gym most days for 1.5-2 hours. We also go to our local library, science center, parks, zoo, play dates and other fun outings several times a week. None of these external resources are available to me now so I'm trying to figure out how to get through this thing. My challenge to myself is to come up with one new thing for the kids to do a day that is fun for them, something that isn't a ton of overhead for me to plan and entertains them for an hour or more. So... here I go!!!
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