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Quarantine making you crazy? Try this with the kids!

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020| adminadmin| 67 Comments | 6:20 am
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Fresh air is really the best medicine.

It’s been 5 long weeks of being quarantined, social distancing from everyone, and perhaps adding working from home with small children. I’m sending you all the wine and coffee in the world because you all deserve it! Keeping reading as I give you a fun idea that you can do with your kids during this time!

I hope your coffee is stronger than your toddler.

This quote couldn’t be more true in the times we are in now, aimrite?

After the first few days of trying to work from home with two kids under 4 I knew I had to find a happy medium in between all the chaos. I thought how could I take a break during my lunch time to spend quality time with my children, feed them, and also burn off all the stress that was accumulating. We all love long walks and live near a horse farm. The 3rd day into quarantine and working from home I thought I’m going to pack the kid’s lunches, put them in the wagon, and run over to the horse farm. They can enjoy their lunches, I get some fresh air to help with the stress and we all enjoy being outdoors.

We are lucky to live in the suburbs…Look at this photo! Nature is quite breathtaking right?

This has been our ritual for the last 39 days. We don’t miss a day of lunch on the go and enjoying our sweet time together as a family. Rain or shine. We look forward to this time and I wanted to share that something so easy, can make this quarantine time go by a little bit sweeter. You don’t need a wagon to do this. A stroller would work as well! Given the busyness of our day I also make a very QUICK and healthy lunch for each of the kids. I thought I’d share those with you in hopes that you realize how easy this can be for you. I feel for you mamas!

Dylan loves blueberries, rotisserie chicken, & cuties. I add peas to his meals as well.

Dani loves strawberries, cuties, and sandwich meat.

See how easy these meals can be? It takes 5 minutes to prep their meals and snacks! Hope these easy lunch ideas help you mamas out!

I always say work smarter, not harder!
I first started using these Ziploc containers for their food; however, at Target the blue and purple plates above were 50 cents! I like that they have separators because my kids dislike when their different foods touch each other, ha! These multi-functional water bottles have storage containers on the bottom. I found these in the dollar section at Target! BPA Free! Perfect for on the go adventures.

Snacks are life!

Don’t ever forget the snacks on these walks, trust me you will pay for it if you do LOL! Mom Rule 101, ha! I repeat, do not forget the snacks!
I make sure to always pack snacks for our walks ! These are some quick, healthy and inexpensive snacks I bring along on our adventures.

Besties for the resties.

MY. HEART.
Here is an aerial view of their setup. Those baby toes on sister are EVERYTHING. Sometimes she moves his toes on there to snuggle with him….GAH!

Tip: take as many pictures as you can of your walks. We are living in history right now and how amazing that you can reflect capturing these moments with your family.

We seriously have the best time.It’s our SWEET time alone not thinking about the craziness going on around the world!
Lunch hangs 🙂

Dani will sometimes pack coloring books and books to read to her baby brother. Whatever keeps them entertained so we all get out and get some fresh air is key. It’s amazing how much better we all feel when we get back. Dylan goes down for his afternoon nap as soon as we get back. Dani will rest for a few hours and mama gets a chance to finish up her work! Also, not pictured above is a BUBBLE MACHINE! They seriously make everything better. Highly recommend tugging it along in the wagon or stroller. Something about bubbles that make me smile!

How cool is this horse farm? It’s about a 3 mile round trip. Sometimes Dani will bring her scooter if she needs to get extra wiggles out to burn the energy off!

This too shall pass.

It really will, stay strong!

I know we are all in a very stressful time of our lives. I hope that this post helped with some ideas on getting out and getting some fresh air. Even if you go walk around the block. Getting fresh air does wonders for the soul and your mental health. Sending prayers for you & your family. I pray that this quarantine is lifted soon. Hang in there mamas! xo, Dris

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67 thoughts on “Quarantine making you crazy? Try this with the kids!”

  1. Awesome idea actually! The first couple of weeks were nuts to be honest lol but we managed to get the hang of it and things are a lot better now.

    2. What an adorable post, and with so much inspiration! Those two cuddling was my favorite aspect 🙂

  2. This is awesome! I better get my butt in shape! Love the easy ideas for lunch and the bubble machine! #momwin

  6. So far I’m loving this lockdown, for the first time in awhile we’re not running after everyone’s schedules 😅

  10. I think of so many Moms and parents in your situation right now. At least you can enjoy the outdoors! Good luck and hopefully things turn around soon.

  11. I don’t have kids but all of these apply to adults as well! Especially fresh air being the best medicine!

  12. Enjoy those moments! Haha! It may sound really tiring and crazy but you’ll treasure those in the future. =) You got lovely kids.

  13. My preschool made a park for the kids, but the kids made the park. Just the simple things like the park and your meals for the kids will make them happy!

  14. So far I’m enjoying my stay home, surprisingly! I’m an extrovert, I miss my friends and friends but I understand that we all need to stay home (I’m stuck with my boyfriend… help! lmao). It looks like you’re having so much fun as family bonding is always the best! Stay safe!

    1. That’s so awesome! I’m the same extrovert ALL the way. But like you I understand the need for staying home! 🙂 Take care and stay safe. WE GO THIS!

    1. Thanks so much! Hope they help you a little 🙂 Yes, such a cool wagon, right? The kids and I love it. Take care.

  17. I love to see how you turn things around 180 degrees. Like this COVID is freaking us out but God turned it for good. I like what you are doing.

    1. YeS!! Since I work full time I’m trying so hard to enjoy the good moments with the kids since I have them 24/7 right now!

  19. I have a large park by me and I live in NYC but the stress of wearings masks, gloves and scrubbing down whenever I come back in stops me from doing it daily. I love that you have such open outdoors. More than enough space to be socially distant.

    1. Oh goodness, I don’t blame you! I think even opening up a window to get some air helps too! We love NYC!!!! Such a special place for our family! Stay safe

    1. Awe I bet mama!! I was starting to get bored too, LOL!! YES, hope you can try this with them! Good luck and hang in there ♥️🙏🌈

  22. This are some cool tips for everyone. I will also try yo implement few of then for myself.

  23. Yes, it IS making me crazy. Thanks for the tips. Just can’t wait for this to get over!

  24. That must have been a fun time for you and your kids. I love the healthy meals you packed for them. It would be nice to be able to take a walk outdoors but for now, since we are not allowed to do that, we will make do with staying home and finding ways to kill the boredom.

  27. Tried one of your tips. My daughter was soooooooo delighted
    Thanks for sharing these

  28. Healthy meals and walks with kids are extremely important at this time and always. Hoping we can get control this virus soon.

  32. Your quotes had me laughing. I don’t have kids but that toddler things I’ll keep in my mind for a long time.lol

  33. Thankfully, like you, I am able to go out for fresh air every day. My daughter and I take a walk in our village and it sets the tone for the day.

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