How Often Do You Go Places With The DCKs?

[SquirrellyMama]

We often go places. We go to state parks, swimming pool, ice skating, science center, zoo, mall, out to lunch, library, etc...

I can only stand to be home 2 or 3 days a week. After that I need to be out with the kids.

I've checked and double checked with my insurance and I'm good on auto insurance.

Kelly

[Baby Beluga]

Sadly, we don't go anywhere outside of DC. There is nothing within walking distance and I am not comfortable driving children anywhere. Thank goodness for a large and grassy backyard!

[DaveA]

Thanks folks

Our car insurance didn't change. Our homeowners went up, but I had opened the daycare and also had finished building my shop. Our agent came out and made additions to fit what we needed. I'd have to look up what % of the increase was the daycare and what was the shop.

[Second Home]

I used to bring them out more lots of library events , but since moving I take them out less because everything is a further and even then it is only certain dck that I know will behave .

My next planned trip is to go and pick out my baby chicks , I think that I am more excied than the kids .

[Jack Sprat]

We go places weekly. We are lucky in that our grocery store is three blocks from us, Dollar General is 5 blocks, the bank 3 blocks. We also go to Wal-Mart, the farm supply store, out to lunch, the pool etc. We have a yearly trip to the zoo and the pumpkin patch.

Our car insurance didn't go up much I think $100 a year. It's worth it to me.

[Unregistered]

we go somewhere once a week or so. More in the summer, but we still hit up the library and story times during the winter. I do not have parks in walking distance, so until I get my yard fixed up, the park is my savior!

[Sunchimes]

We used to go somewhere 2-3 times a week, library, Walmart, park, splash pad. We would all walk downtown and run errands and window shop and say hi to the ceramic frog. Then, I had a child with severe issues, and a lot of that stopped because it became a safety issue. Then I had a kid with a rage disorder, and I don't want to take him around strange kids. Now, I have a medically fragile infant who has been on social restriction all winter. Since my husband has the same restrictions, I've largely been house bound since October. Now that the weather is improving, baby is getting stronger, and the child that was unsafe is gone, I hope to start doing some things again. It's a small town and there isn't much to do, but anything is better than this last year!

[CraftyMom]

I try to get out with the kids often. In warmer weather every week, sometimes twice a week.

My auto insurance also did not go up much. Must be another "depends on where you live" thing?

[Josiegirl]

I used to and miss it a lot. We'd go to the library, local playgrounds, the museum. There isn't much in my little town either but it was a lot of fun and the kids loved it. Then I traded in my minivan to a car that fits 3(tightly) in the back seat and I've never had few enough dcks to be able to. We used to pack a picnic in the summer and go a few miles out of town to a school; they'd play on the playground, then we'd walk their nature trail, have a picnic, come home and the dcks would sleep so well.

[Unregistered]

To the park that is within walking distance almost 3-4 days per week in nice weather. Field trips are stressful for me. We do go to library story hour each week and there is a park behind the library. That's about all I can handle!

Years ago I was part of a Head Start family child care pilot project and we had to go on two field trips per month, and I did enjoy that.

[Controlled Chaos]

During the school year, not too much anymore. We used to go to Disneyland every other week, the LA Zoo, the aquarium, etc. Now it's mostly local errands.

Summer is another story. We go to Raging Waters every Tues, the beach every Thurs, and the movies every Fri. We also go to Knott's Berry Farm a couple of times, whale watching, parks for picnics, Aquarium of the Pacific a couple of times, LA Zoo, etc. We go all summer long.

I want to be your dck!

[Unregistered]

A few years ago, I lowered my ratio so we could go places and my own children could have more experiences since they were in daycare more hours than anyone. The parents loved the idea, too, so I was given the green light. In the winter, I'm always concerned about the road conditions, so it's usually to the library once a week or to the store to buy ingredients/materials for a cooking/art project. In the spring, summer, and fall, we go to pumpkin patches, pick-your-own farms, local parades, museums, out-to-lunch, hiking trails, sprinkler parks, free movies, bounce places, indoor playgrounds, etc. (I usually comb through local papers for coupons, free days, and unique events.) I also always have a Plan B in the back of my head so on days when the younger kids or babies were an unexpected no-show, we'd drop everything and head to the movies or to a pool/sprinkler park.