Originally Posted by passthepotatoes
Originally Posted by newmom21C
All she wants to do all day is read or TV. Sometimes we get some jumping on the bed or coloring in but otherwise TV/reading is all she wants. We're really love to sign her up for some classes (music or sports) but we don't have the $$ right now, which is really too bad because I think she's love them.

Do you have transportation?
If so, maybe making a list of all the free stuff in town would help. Such as: parks, library story time, playgroups, nature center, etc. One thing that worked for us was to be strategic with family passes for places like the children's museum holiday gifts and then we would really milk them for all they were worth. Also, especially with preschoolers you can come up with a lot of novel experiences that are free. A trip to the hardware store, building with piles of old boxes or recycleables, creating a dance routine, etc.

We do have great public transportation but the problem is that it's a 15 minute walk from where we live and in the rain most days... well, that seems pretty far! It's not too bad in the winter because I don't mind taking her out in the snow but the rain is just really nasty (and the lightning especially). Basically, we need to both get rain coats at this point because I think we both have cabin fever but we haven't had any luck locally, so I need to order them online. We have a ton to do here that's certainly not the problem it's getting there.