{"id":1994,"date":"2009-07-06T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2011-11-07T08:47:22","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T14:47:22","slug":"blast-away-boredom-with-scheduled-playdates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/blast-away-boredom-with-scheduled-playdates\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast away Boredom with Scheduled Playdates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/category\/blast-away-boredom\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/boredombanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Check back every Monday through Thursday for ideas to have more fun all summer long.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Need more ideas? Try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/01\/blast-away-bor\u2026th-momstoolboxblast-away-boredom-with-momstoolbox\/\" target=\"_self\">this one<\/a> to get you set for anytime boredom sets in&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On with today&#8217;s idea&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Scheduled Playdates<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So often I intend to schedule playdates with friends, but the time flies by and I forget. Last Spring Break I was very intentional and gave each child a day to invite friends for a playdate.<\/p>\n<p>This summer I will do the same with a few dates throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Of course we will do other things with friends throughout, but by setting aside specific playdates at home and allowing each child to be in charge, I think I\u2019ll get a different experience.<\/p>\n<p>They will pick whom to invite and what to do. And by being intentional, I know that all of my children will get 3 (or so) chances to play host this summer to whomever they would like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check back every Monday through Thursday for ideas to have more fun all summer long. Need more ideas? Try this one to get you set for anytime boredom sets in&#8230; On with today&#8217;s idea&#8230; Scheduled Playdates So often I intend to schedule playdates with friends, but the time flies by and I forget. Last Spring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384],"tags":[279],"class_list":["post-1994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities-for-kids","tag-boredom-buster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9756,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions\/9756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}