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thunderstorm
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 Mon, Dec 06 2021, 5:08 pm
Yes. All the time. I often let them join me . For example if I decide to do a painting , I’ll give them a canvas and will let them use my paints.
Same for scrapbooking .
When I do needle point they like to organize my colored threads etc.
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FranticFrummie
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Mon, Dec 06 2021, 5:12 pm
When DD was little she never had any interest in my hobbies (still doesn't), but she'd be perfectly happy to get some books or toys and hang out in a corner near me. She was content just being in the same room.
Sometimes all a kid needs is to know that they are welcome to be in your space, and that you don't want them to go away.
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Teomima
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Mon, Dec 06 2021, 5:17 pm
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Sure. I love to paint and my kids enjoy watching and painting themselves along side me. I also sew and my older children like it when I teach them how to as well. I bake and my kids help me with that, too. I also liked building things and I'm glad when they watch and help and learn a woman can use tools and do things some consider "male" tasks. I love reading and that's harder to do with children around, though.
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Eggshell
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Mon, Dec 06 2021, 5:19 pm
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As long as I don't need quiet or me time, I love including then. We cook, play word games and sketch together all the time.
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SuperWify
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Mon, Dec 06 2021, 6:12 pm
Oil painting- no way. I will do washable paint together.
Reading- yes. I read they play.
Exercise- sometimes but having them roll around me is really conducive. I will put in Mendy music on a big screen and we will all do it together
Cooking, baking- yes we have great “helpers”
Coffee and a walk with a friend- I will take my baby only
I sometimes dumb my hobbies down to include them. Play dough, Kinetic sand, coloring… can be relaxing and fun together
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Clematis
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Mon, Dec 06 2021, 7:03 pm
Sure, we scrapbooked and baked together. We beaded and snuggled when we read books (or just sat on the couch and leaned on eachother and shared a blanket.
Yes it makes a mess and takes longer, but I enjoy it, as do they. We spent time together, and stuff really does get accomplished.
I only have girls.
They are now out of the house and I miss my little buddies.
FYI-the time flies. I know it doesn’t feel that way in the thick of it, but it really does.
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