Help! Babysitting!

[JMW67]

Well Muddy it looks like you survived, bet you had as much fun as they did and cant wait till the next time

 

[Ol' Red]

I have two great grand daughters ( 2 and 4 years old ) thank God they are rarely at my house together. My wife has two three month old puppies that helped burn up a lot energy this week. I should add that I was at work. I guess the great grand daughters and puppies took good naps.

 

[Varmint Hunter]

I have THREE 3 year old grandsons who "visit" my wife and I often. When Covid hit, the day-care centers all closed. Some never reopened. Guess where the boys landed??

I now consider myself an expert at handling toddlers.

Structured activities and entertainment are the key. Excursions out of the house take time and keeps their minds busy. A trip to the pet store or the toy store always perks them up. Hopefully, they'll fall asleep on the ride back home because they won't nap at our house.

Long bike rides that end at the park or the lake where they can feed the geese is one of our regular activities. I take videos with my phone and they love to watch themselves when we get back to the house. Their folks like the real time videos too.

One of our boys loves to bake so mama keeps him busy in the kitchen making cookies, cakes or helping with dinner. Then they all get to take fresh snacks home too.

None of my boys watches much TV so we've got to be creative every day. Mixing activities up each day helps to prevent boredom for kids who have short attention spans to begin with.

I never thought I'd get so excited to have a bunch of 3 year old, mischievous boys running around, but I do. On the few days that they don't "visit", we really miss them. FACETIME fills in the blanks around here.

As you age, having kids around is a blessing that you don't realize until you experience it.

And to keep things on topic - yes I've considered buying them a few rubber band guns but they're still a bit wild for that. LOL

Have fun !!

 

[Shane Lindsey]

Oh my Muddyboots. Make sure all the Disney dvds are locked and loaded. And I'm sorry if you won't be able to get "LET IT GO" out of your head for the next 6 months lol.

Do you wanna build a snowman!!!???

 

[500000KV]

Get your tent out and go "camping" in the basement or the master BR. Or get a couple large boxes and they can build Fort Ticonderoga...

Oh yeah, DrMcMuffin is a fav too.. OMG I know all the shows! Steven Rinella has to be laughing.

I have 3 daughters, 2,4,7. They love "camping" with my stuff and helping "organize" my gear, also using my calls like the best Doug Flutie the forest has ever heard. And yes, they love Dr McMuffin

 

[jakeSCH]

Get your tent out and go "camping" in the basement or the master BR. Or get a couple large boxes and they can build Fort Ticonderoga...

Good tip! My kids are 5, 3 and a newborn. The 5 and 3 year absolutely love camping in backyard or even in the house.

 

[xsn10s]

Just found out watching grand daughters 3 & 5 yrs old Thurs-Fri! Any survival tips?

Candy / soda, and lots of it Coloring books, videos, their favorite snacks, maybe a couple of nice drives to burn off excess energy. Have fun!!!

 

[74honker]

Do you wanna build a snowman!!!???

My point exactly! Do you want to come and play lol. My daughter is 27 now and that song is STILL burned into my brain lol.

 

[338weatherby]

Just found out watching grand daughters 3 & 5 yrs old Thurs-Fri! Any survival tips?

lots of cheeszits and goldfish!

maybe some applesauce

Seriously, read with them. They'll enjoy it almost as much as you will.

 

[biff's reloading]

Take em exploring. Wear them out. Remove all sugar in the house before they show up!

 

[Muddyboots]

They absolutely love being read to and we buy books every time we hit a store that has them.

 

[Muddyboots]

OK survived today and had a ball. But Blues Clues, Santiago, Paw Patrol, Dr. McMuffin was the real test! The 3 year old was dressed in Doc McMuffin white jacket, stethoscope, humungous syringe for meds and cell phone! I begged her to put me down! LOL! Wonderful diversion from all the news crap. Life is so simple for a 3 and 5 yr old it just makes you smile. So tomorrow is sledding day. I have a big black ice fishing sled that I will pull around property to track deer, yote and squirrels.

 

[JMW67]

What you do is fill up the syringe with Jim Beam and have her come by and give you a shot from time to time

 

[HARPERC]

Sounds like a great time. I'd bring my grandson and join you if it wasn't so far. Or we could do it other way around. Just enjoy.