Mind, FM, thank you for those great suggestions. I just ordered the book on amazon along with For Men Only, The Journey from Abandonment and the Gator Radio Control car for my DD! Almost ordered that Roomba vaccum that I've been thinking of getting.

FM, you raised some excellent points and I try to strike the balance between her expressing her sadness and distracting her. I hold her and tell her that I know she misses mommy and she wants mommy; and then I tell her that she'll have fun with daddy and that daddy loves her very much. I even tell her that both mommy and daddy love her thiiiiis much.

As for the activities she wants me to not only sit with her (and I'm totally fine with that) but she also wants me to actually color with her or play with her littlest-pet-shop toys or even when she's doing crafts she wants me to do it too. I do as much as I can, I just get tired/bored but I try not to show it. We mostly go out and hang out at the park, go bike riding. In fact, today we took her and my bike to a trail nearby (new to her), it was really fun, she had a good time. We also set up her kid's tent in the backyard and played for a while with the cats etc.

There's an urban farm nearby I wanted to take her to but for some reason she didn't want to go today. I was going to take her to the movies but the show times didn't work out, maybe next time.

Actual camping will be tough without her mom since you have to drive a good few hours to get anywhere and we usually took our travel trailer. I do bring her to the parks with picnic tables and have lunch there once in a while.

Me: 35|WAW: 38|D: 6yo | http://tinyurl.com/2dxx7m6
Feb 2006, left, came back in two weeks
Aug 2006, left again
Apr 2007, filed for divorce
Dec 2007, reunited
Mar 2010, moved out, filed again