bluekarin Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I was just watching a vlog on here and wondered what you all do. We can't go anywhere due to ED (read Diagnosis at last topic for more details) so am in the lazy days camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Lazy days here for the most part too, with the odd day or two with plans & a few camps/sleep overs thrown in for good measure ....we're not going away due to work pressures for DH, but hopefully we'll grab a couple of days away together before the summer ends I have things which need to happen every week & they can accompany me or not as they see fit as they are old enough to be left now, I really appreciate being able to leave them in charge of the FR chooks & dogs for example, the critters appreciate it too Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Lazy days here always have been, I think that they need the holidays to discover what they like doing for themselves and to recouperate after a busy year. They always seem to grow and consolidate their learning during the summer. We will usually have a few days out but largely they are left to their own devices. Mine all go to schools that have a large catchment area so their friends live a fair way away, therefore they don't even see much of them during the holidays, this had never bothered them and leaves them with time to be themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Definitely lazy days! Lots of hanging out in the garden, dog walking and picnics, weather permitting. They generally play with each other and don't see much of their friends but if they are going to have friends over I like to get it all over and done with in one hit, which is why on Thursday I think I'm cooking a roast for at least 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I find that the holidays help to firm up the bond between my 3, they have their moments obviously but on the whole they are very close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Pretty much lazy days here. My 3 work so hard during term time they need some down time. We still have once weekly Tae Kwon Do lessons and 1 continues music lessons - both are very sociable things where they meet friends which is good. DD (15) never wastes a day and fills her time well, the 2 boys (13, 17) are not quite so well motivated I do have a restriction on computer time and they also have to take it in terms to cook the evening meal. They have a week each and have to shop online for what they need to cook for the week. I do object to having to work all day and then cook for them in the evening when they have been chilling all day. They really enjoy doing it and are rather good cooks I am not a great believer in laying on entertainment. When they get bored they get inventive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I like the ideas coming out here! We're going off to the beach shortly, to wear the pup out, and then DS and OH are fixing hinges on the gate(big farm gate() to keep the pup in, as I have to wedge it in the hole at the mo!!! I love the cooking idea, and DD has a flute somewhere we haven't heard for a while....Both mine have seen friends quite a bit, and DD has been to a pottery course for the last three days(£25, all in! Bargain!!) Mine darent say they're bored, as I have a list of jobs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 aiming for lazy days, but this last week has been a bit hectic!! last friday: 4 for sleepover, they went on Sat am last sat: friends of ours came for night, big hangover sun (us not the kids!) mon: friends round for lunch tues: went to Dungeness for the afternoon weds: jumping lesson for oldest, hairdressers, shopping, collected another friend for sleepover thurs: clothes shopping fri: day out with friends at Bedgebury Pinetum this w/e I am planning NOTHING except food shopping today and riding tomorrow (oh yes, plus the usual - washing, dog-walking, clean out chooks, try and do a bit of gardening etc etc etc) then more friends arrive mon/tue, we are having a fish pedicure on weds, day out thurs, hospital appt fri.... THEN it should quieten down a bit I hope! and I need to do some work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Hell, I'm worn out just reading that!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 so am I freddie!! dont know quite how it worked out like that tbh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Needs must, so as a working single parent, I found the sports camps at the local sports centre invaluable during the longer holidays when Rosie was younger and I just couldn't take any more time off. I'd rather have been at home with her, but she really enjoyed it and came back exhausted every day with lots of tales to tell and new skills learned. Now that she's older and is able to be left (I work just 5 mins away) it's totally different; I have just had a week off with her and have another 4 days in a fortnight, but she's busy at home. Chores to do for pocket money, cycle rides with her friends, swimming at the open pool at the top of our road, guitar lessons and making me lunch every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I wish we had something like that round here - we are not exactly in the sticks but our sports centres etc are all a fair way away so would involve me driving them... my usual holiday work mode (self-employed) is to get up early and get 2-3 hours work in at my desk before we see what the day brings, and then work again in the evening if I need to. at nearly 15 and 12 they dont need me around all the time - but I quite like being around them, and being able to do stuff that we cant do in termtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I like the idea of lazy days but as a mum of one I find there is only a limited amount of time he will entertain himself. Do others with an only child manage manage lazy days, should I encourage even more solo activity? This could start a whole new thread now... the balance of having an only child and not trying to over compensate that they have no sibling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I grew up as an only child from the age of 8 and I spent a lot of time by myself, it has taught me to be self relient and also how to entertain myself, I am very rarely bored, but that might have something to do with having 3 children myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 'Boredom' is good for children, teaches them to use their imaginations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I always ask YS if he wants to do anything and he usually doesn't. We will go out for the odd day and we have a holiday coming up. He trains 6 days a week in the evening and weekends and most weekends recently we've been travelling around the country to competitions so I'm quite happy for him to have lots of lazy days. Gives me a chance to catch up with the housework. He's 13 now so is quite ok to go out and see friends if he wants but he generally likes to just loaf about the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 oo what does he do Seagazer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 He does canoe water polo and slalom Chucky Mama. He only properly started this year. His teacher was running courses after school (the teacher was a GB water polo player). Jack then joined the club and has got heavily involved (as have we - hubby and I are now learning). We were in Darlington at the weekend for slalom and Jack was promoted to Division 2 - not bad considering he did his first slalom in Div 4 in March. He was at Howsham the weekend before and then Stockton-on-Tees before that. We might need to move to the North!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 My ex was a white water instructor and used to play canoe water polo for a local team... small world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 It is a very small world, you see the same people all the time as its quite a minority sport. Saying that every time we travel up the motorways we see so many cars with boats on. The club we belong to are hosting the London International polo tournament in a couple of weeks time. Apparently its really hard work. I volunteered to cook pasta for 250 people and bake quite a few cakes. Even though the club is only about 10 minute drive away apparently we have to camp to be on hand. I will definitely need my holiday after that. What club did he play for Claret? YS's teacher is in Vikings and we are Meridian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I can't remember the name of the club, but it's in Banbury. 'Cherwell something' probably. Do you go to the slalom course in Bala? I used to do shuttle bus duties there driving back up to the top of the river in a minibus full of wet paddlers and a trailer full of canoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 No we haven't been there yet but we have heard of it. Some of the club members were talking about it. I think if I don't get into doing the kayaking myself then I will be canoe taxi driver and transporter!! We've done Shepperton, Yalding, Orton Mere (Peterborough), Howsham, Stockton (polo), Liverpool (polo) and Abbey Rapids - I think I must have forgotten some places . The photo below is of YS at Abbey Rapids at the weekend. We're all going on a river trip at the weekend so that I and one of the other mums can do our 1* and my YS can do his 2* and possibly his 3*. Hubby is also hoping to do his 1 and 2*. I've got a wonderful leg full of bruises from learning to capsize last week at the pool. YS has never been sporty but this is something that has just clicked with him and he is doing very well at it. Its also great for us too as we were getting stuck in a rut sat in front of the tv each night. Now it feels odd if we're in for a night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I'm glad he enjoys doing it. Symonds Yat near Bristol is another place, and there's an artificial rapids course near Northampton. I never got into it apart form a bit of rafting in the rapids at Bala, but he folk are good fun sorts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Wow that looks fantastic. I could do with doing something like that to get my tummy muscles into shape What a great sport to be involved in. I bet it is really addictive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I think it's an adrenaline sport, but it's bad for your lower back and shoulders - the ex had to have a couple of ops on one shoulder and then had to retire as his lower back and that shoulder just didn't work any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
