3 Hours of Outdoor Play Everyday???

After less than one week, I have concluded that it is quite impossible to let the boys have three hours of outdoor play everyday.

Because of Didi's nap schedule, we can only spend 2-3 hours (including traveling time) outside in the morning before we have to head home for bath and brunch/lunch before his nap. For example, this morning we left home at 8.30am, reached the park around 9am, ended up leaving only at 11.30am because Jiale did not want to leave. So Didi only went in for his nap at 12.40pm!! Which was very late! (His scheduled naptime nowadays is 11.30am.) Even without the consideration of his nap, it gets too hot towards the later part of the morning, and the boys need to eat lunch too.

[The good thing is, Didi managed to tahan till 12.40pm without becoming grouchy - he didn't even fall asleep on the way home though he was in the comfy carrier being 'bounced' around by me. (Of course, he's always busy disturbing Kor Kor and me in the bus/taxi lor.) I guess he's a big boy now and can last till later. But at some point, he gotta nap.]

Since we only did 1-2 hours of play (excluding traveling time) in the morning, we would have to make another trip out in the afternoon. That means spending another one hour or so on traveling. (Because I really hate going to the playgrounds nearby. Sick of them.)

Other than the hassle of preparing to go out and spending time on transport, the boys also hardly spend any time at home - i.e. not much time for independent play and to play with their toys or read their books. Home time is all spent on eating, bathing, drinking milk, sleeping, getting ready to go out, or getting ready to go to bed.

So I have decided to cut down on the amount of time for outdoor play. Shall try another method instead for the coming week - one outing per day, either morning or afternoon depending on destination and my mood :p We shall just spend as long as we can there to fulfil the boys' outdoor playtime. In addition, we can also have a full-day outing once a week (or none, if no place in mind), such as to the zoo etc. In this way, the boys will have at least half a day at home everyday (except maybe weekends if we have outings with Daddy).

Problems with this method: Firstly it's almost certain that they won't get three hours, sigh. Secondly Jiale has school on Thursday and swim lesson on Friday, so we shouldn't be going out on those afternoons, which means two days gone. And I have to do grocery shopping on one of the weekdays, though we can go to the playground after that while waiting for Daddy to pick us up after work, they might not get to play for very long. So, only four days of 'proper' outdoor play! Shall try it out and see how it goes.