This may not be a problem for all SAHMs, but it is for me. If
you read my Day 1 post about scheduling, you will see that I have almost every
hour of my daughter’s and my day planned except for the 2p-5p slot; which I dub the
dreaded ‘witching hour’.
Each day this period of time troubles me. It the time
of day when Rose and I have had enough of one another and simply don’t know
what to do. We could read Brown Bear, Brown Bear for the twenty-third
time today, or perhaps point at and talk about the Christmas tree for the one-hundredth
time, or maybe play with our farm magnets for the millionth time; but quite
frankly I don’t want to.
My easy solution is to make this time into the day’s special
activity time. I’ve done some research (Pinteresting) and have made a list of
thing Rose and I can do together to help pass the time during the afternoon:
- Bundle up and go to the park down the street
- Finger painting
- Make cookies and let Rose “help”
- Make and play with play-snow (http://pagingfunmums.com/2014/07/13/frozen-erupting-snow/)
- Blow bubbles
- Bathtub Painting (1 Tbs Cornstarch, 4-6 pumps baby shampoo, 2-3 drops food coloring, 1-2 tsp water)
- Attempt baking soda and vinegar play
- Pom Pom Posting
- Sticking pipe cleaners into a colander
These are just a handful of ideas I have pinned to my board.
So I can’t use the excuse that I have no good ideas. I will continue to try and
post each ‘special activity’ we do, and let you know my experiences with it;
whether it was easy or hard, if Rose enjoyed it, and/or if I would ever do it
again. It’s nap time now, so I’m going to get off here and go set up for our
first afternoon activity: a combination of bubbles and finger painting!
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