With more free time on our hands we've been able to connect more with family. We walk the half mile to my parents' house to wave hello from the driveway several times a week, video chat with family instead of only texting, share recipes and deliver baked goods to the local family members, and my sister hosts a regular virtual storytime for her nephews. Amazon Giveaway.

I only do it on the days they have special outdoor activities, such as the annual fun run and field days. On typical days they go out for recess for such a short time and so many hours into the school day that I don't think sunscreen is necessary.

I kept sleeves of Ritz and Saltines near me at all times during those early months. Nibbling all day on those throughout the day definitely helped ease the nausea.

My 6 year old loves his running program and I see a fair number of kids who don't love team sports there. They do individual activities, like quick sprints and longer jogs, and the coaches have them work together and build team spirit in other ways.

The three day method worked wonders with my first. I put together a prize bucket of things I knew would motivate him and we stayed home for a weekend. He had one accident in those two days; he wanted those prizes and just got it done. By Monday he was back at day care without diapers.

I definitely had to sneak out of the house when my younger one was a small toddler. I never liked it but I also did not find it fair to leave a teenage babysitter with a toddler screaming for his mother. Now I love that I can say goodbye to my son, with lots of hugs and kisses!

This is getting to be more challenging as video games and tablets becoming more intriguing to my kids. I try to limit the video games/tablets to about 20 minutes a day during the week but there are days, snow days especially, where all the limits go out the windows.

My kids are 5 and 7 and we still have a nightlight and white noise machine in their room. They sleep well, I'm not messing with any part of that!

I don't seek out a formal picture and visit with the bunny but I do try to find a fun Easter event/hunt for us to attend. If the bunny is there then the kids visit if they feel like it.

I don't go overboard but I do a few tricks to make it look like the leprechaun came. No presents for the kids, just a few gold coins.

I didn't but I definitely considered it. My older son, just 2 when my younger one was born, was a runner and for a while it was hard to take the two of them out by myself because I worried he would bolt if he was out of the stroller.

As long as they were dressed appropriately for school and the weather, especially footwear-wise, I didn't put many restrictions on my kids. Once they got to be about 4 neither of my boys would wear pants with buttons anymore. We had some debates when it was picture day or a special occasion for which they needed to be a bit more dressed up than their typical sweatpants and T-shirts look.

What is with boys not liking pants?! My 5 year old wants to wear shorts every day. We live in New England, it's frigid here from November to March, yet he asks every day!

Right?! I cannot even wrap my head around how we would do it with all those logistics. I'm grateful my in-laws aren't pushing us to come visit.

It does make me feel better that my husband and I weren't the only ones to not celebrate by going out that night!

LOVE the Instagram story! I find myself down a dark hole checking those out and making my own some times!

I still spend too much time scrolling newsfeeds across various platforms but I have become more selective on what I share personally.

I agree, Sue. We have so many US locations still to see and we can drive to that international destinations are a low priority at point.

My brother- and sister-in-law live in Australia and I would love to visit them but I cannot fathom doing that trip with the kids just yet. I still hold my breath that we make it through a three hour domestic flight. My kids just aren't ready to be in travel mode for that long.

I love to cook enough to have leftovers and skip cooking dinner the next day. It feels like a mini vacation to come home from work and dinner is practically made already!