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-Empty and load dishwasher
-Start load of diaper laundry
-Fold clothes currently in dryer
-Clean hardwood floors
-Start on mask and gloves; try to cut extra cloth to get a start on the weekend rush?
-Print out shoe measuring device and measure K's feet; order shoes
-Order costuming supplies
-Get us dressed, lunched, etc., and take K to check out playground only two blocks from our house which I had never seen until yesterday despite driving past it every day because apparently I am blind as a cavefish.
-Go to grocery store?
-Make yogurt? (dependent on going to grocery store)
-Unpack a box, any box
I made unexpected progress yesterday in the "Find Free or Low-cost Things To Do With a Toddler To Get Us Out of the House and Not Go Insane Boxed Up Together" project. First was spotting the playground. And second was finally finding a toddler story time. The local libraries hadn't been any help; I think a lot of stuff like story times had fallen by the wayside when there was a budget crunch a few years back and the library stopped hiring, creating a personnel shortage. It's the reason there isn't a story time at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
longstrider's library, and I'm sure the situation is worse at the smaller branch libraries. What story times I could find through the library's (lousy) web page were either for preschoolers or clear across the city. I was kicking myself this week for missing the registration for the toddler storytime at the suburban library just north of us. Then someone mentioned on their blog last night a craft time at their local bookstore and I had a flash of inspiration. And lo! There is a weekly toddler storytime at a Barnes and Noble not too horribly far away from us. So next Tuesday, we'll be there with bells on. And one of these days, I'm going to check out a local indoor playground for small children that only costs $7 to get into.
We do have lots of lovely child-oriented museums and zoos and the like in Philadelphia. But they all cost at least $20 before I pay for parking and require that I get us downtown and back in the rather narrow three hour window between K's naps. We just don't have the spare money for doing that sort of thing on a regular basis. Plus only a fool messes with naptime.
-Start load of diaper laundry
-Fold clothes currently in dryer
-Clean hardwood floors
-Start on mask and gloves; try to cut extra cloth to get a start on the weekend rush?
-Print out shoe measuring device and measure K's feet; order shoes
-Order costuming supplies
-Get us dressed, lunched, etc., and take K to check out playground only two blocks from our house which I had never seen until yesterday despite driving past it every day because apparently I am blind as a cavefish.
-Go to grocery store?
-Make yogurt? (dependent on going to grocery store)
-Unpack a box, any box
I made unexpected progress yesterday in the "Find Free or Low-cost Things To Do With a Toddler To Get Us Out of the House and Not Go Insane Boxed Up Together" project. First was spotting the playground. And second was finally finding a toddler story time. The local libraries hadn't been any help; I think a lot of stuff like story times had fallen by the wayside when there was a budget crunch a few years back and the library stopped hiring, creating a personnel shortage. It's the reason there isn't a story time at
longstrider's library, and I'm sure the situation is worse at the smaller branch libraries. What story times I could find through the library's (lousy) web page were either for preschoolers or clear across the city. I was kicking myself this week for missing the registration for the toddler storytime at the suburban library just north of us. Then someone mentioned on their blog last night a craft time at their local bookstore and I had a flash of inspiration. And lo! There is a weekly toddler storytime at a Barnes and Noble not too horribly far away from us. So next Tuesday, we'll be there with bells on. And one of these days, I'm going to check out a local indoor playground for small children that only costs $7 to get into.We do have lots of lovely child-oriented museums and zoos and the like in Philadelphia. But they all cost at least $20 before I pay for parking and require that I get us downtown and back in the rather narrow three hour window between K's naps. We just don't have the spare money for doing that sort of thing on a regular basis. Plus only a fool messes with naptime.
