I'm not game to try lego right now with my toddler, although my preschooler would probably love them.
What about Lego Duplos since they're bigger?
We can't be late for meals or bedtime either, mnmom23.
We do go out often, I love going somewhere without too much of an agenda. I am starting to find that more difficult as my toddler, who still needs day naps, is finding it hard to fall asleep out and about.
My kids really needed to nap at home as well. It's trickier if they are still taking morning naps. But there are things you can still do. Going places in the early morning, like before 10:00, means fewer people. We also tended to fit in short trips after the morning nap but before lunch and afternoon naps. Often we'd, say, go to the park, have a picnic, and then hurry home just in time for afternoon naps. It can be easier if they fall asleep in the car and will let you transfer them to their beds, but one of my kids wouldn't let me do that so I'd either let them nap in their carseat if they fell asleep on the way home or I'd do everything in my power to keep them awake until we made it home. For some reason, we always tended to go out and about before afternoon naps but then hung around the house doing things in the afternoon and early evenings. It was our routine and it saved my sanity!
