Dmitri's last day of Montessori school for the summer is coming up all too quickly (next week!). He loves going to school, and I love him going to school too. Even though it's only 2 mornings a week, it makes a big difference in his energy level. He enjoys his friends, and working and playing in a new environment. He loves to "go". Anytime, anywhere- and his school is a positive outlet for him. And I enjoy a half-break (although, days with Damon are less and less of a break- more like chasing after a climbing crazy wild man.)
I'm a little unsure what we are going to do without it these long, hot, summer days. I bought an extra big blow-up swimming pool today; so we will give that a try! What are your boredom-busting ideas for toddlers? (I know, I just used the "B" word. Sigh. As hard as I try to keep it out of our vocabulary, it manages to slither it's way back in, usually when Dmitri and Damon are constantly hitting/pushing/wrestling over the same toy when they have 50 million others at their grasp. Oh, first world problems).
Summer, here we come. I wish I were a little more excited...
4 comments:
It's impossible, unfortunately, to keep an active, healthy tot preoccupied every waking moment. The best one can do is try to fill in as many of the gaps as possible.
Try getting together with a few other mommies and make play-dates where one mom has a few of the tots for a couple of hours one day and the play-date rotates from one mom to another. Have things for the tots to do during those play-dates such as simple arts or crafts projects ... maybe a hidden treasure hunt (like finding Easter eggs) or just sitting them down to watch a wonderful video with popcorn and their favorite beverages.
Also many libraries and even major book stores occasionally have story times in which a person reads a wonderful story book to a group of youngsters, it also helps the children appreciate the wonderful world of books.
oh, I feel your pain. Adam gets lonely/bored, too. Find another stay at home mom you love and hang out!
I have a 3 and 4 year old. We go to the park at least twice a day (lucky to live in the city with lots of great ones). Craft projects, "gardening" (aka digging in the dirt), u-pick farms, lemonade stands, Vacation Bible School, camping, and some visits to out-of-state family are some of our summer plans. I'm actually looking forward to it! Hang in there--those years are tough.
I get it... I have three beauties ages 6 and under. We do pool, parks, playdates, crafts ( current favorite craft book- green crafts for kids), library reading challenge, mud-kitchen in the back yard, planted a children's garden, board games (sew liberated blog just posted a great post on cooperative board games for littles your age), plan to make snoopy sno cones, and the list goes on...
We sat down together as a family earlier this week and made a summer fun list to help remind me of fun activities for those harder, siblings bickering days to help keep us positive.
You are creative, I bet you'll come up with some great ideas! Just make sure to share them with us on the blog! :)
~Jaime
Jaimealexis at me dot com
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