I'm in serious need of help!!! This is my situation.
I'm a single mom who is living with my parents so that I can continue to be a stay at home mom. And at some point later on down the road I am planning on going back to work.

Right now I only have one friend that has children, her child is only 1 and my daughter and her really don't play together. I do the best I can to let her interact with other children but there isn't a whole lot in our small town to do. My daughter is a very happy and loving child who I am very proud of, but my problem is I have no imagination anymore. Life has beaten me down to the point that I act like I'm 90 and I'm only 26. Not to mention the fact that I am a very serious person. I've never really been around a whole lot of 2 year olds and I have no clue what they actually like to do. Other than be a monkey and tear things up. I desperatly need ideas for fun things that we could do in our daily lives that she would enjoy. She has lots of age appropriate toys and right now I'm just following her lead as to what she wants to do but she seems like she wants me to show her something else and do something else. She seems just plain bored.

I'm always willing to sit in the dirt or do fun things I just can't think of any.

Any and all ideas or experiences would be so great.

It sounds to me like your providing her with plenty to do. However if your worried why not go to your local book shop or libary and see if you can find a "things to do" book

Hi, mostly 2 year olds just want to do stuff with you. My son liked splashing in the sink “doing dishes”, helping weed the garden, raking leaves, vacuum cleaning, playing at the park, digging in a sand pit, etc etc. Have you got a local play group? We had one and it is just a bunch of Mum’s sitting round drinking cups of tea while the children rampage around. There were only about six of us but the kids loved having the time together and it gave me a chance to talk to some grown ups!
Most of all - you may think you are a boring 90 year old Mum but I am sure your little girl thinks you are the best thing since “sliced bread” and not boring at all

My daughter is 2 right now. I know she ejoys doing some things that I do- like dishes and whatnot. She also enjoys cooking with mommy( add pre-measure ingrediants and whatnot) also she likes to color, play with playdoh etc. If her toys are age appropriate she should have stuff to do. However I know my daughter being only 2 doesn't like the toys for 18 month olds so I look at the toy more then the age on it. Some fun stuff could be painting (water colors or fingerpaints) or sometimes I take her outside when its nice with a paint brush and bucket of water and we paint the house. You can try looking in the library for activities you can do for kids. Also even though I work when I am at home we have a ritual set up somewhat. She know she has to occupy herself while I make dinner, but she also knows that mommy will play for a bit after we eat. Bedtime I always read to her and we cuddle for awhile. Try taking her on outings a couple of days a week weather permitting. Try the park, the liabrary, even a local mall or something- it would do you guys a lot of good just to get out. Most importantly 2 year old switch what they want very easily so I would try possibly rotating something quiet such as reading with something active like singing a song and dancing.I know I sing my daughter songs such as head, shoulders, knees and toes, also we play a game of where's your _______(nose, eyes,belly, etc) this helps her learn as well. Its probably not that she's bored but that she's just wants to switch to something else. My daughter has now learned that Mom can't always play with her but that when I do play with her I am devoted to playing with her. Hide and seek is another fun one, or playing peek a boo is good under the covers. I hope this helps

Hi,
It's been a long time since my daughter was 2. She is now 12, but I do remember that wherever we went we counted things. On walks I took a pail and I would tell her that we needed to find small sticks only. I would tell her "No...that one is too big, find a small one" The next time only small stones, round or brown...etc. I was always giving her ideas of what to look for. Leaves, big, brown, green etc. She loved this. She would bring them over and put them in the bucket. When we brought them home either that day or another day...she would glue them on construction paper. I would put the glue on and tell her to put a green leaf here...and she would try really hard to find a green leaf. She would go back and forth to the pail until she got it right. At 2 she learned so much discription and could see her artwork come together. Afterward I displayed them on the fridge. If you go to the mall, you can look in the book stores for books with bright big pictures. Trinity (my daughter) loved the "Little Critter" books. They were cheap and had great pictures while I shopped. We would talk about the pictures while I pushed her in the stroller. Around the house you can give her things to find, and bring you. Things that you need for the moment. Be discriptive. I think Zealand said it pretty good. They just want to be with you and help. If she is old enough to give you vibes of boredom, she is probably old enough to keep her mind busy with more toys that get her thinking. My daughter liked learning toys. Figuring things out. Not so much play toys, or noisy toys. My daughter didn't like playing barbies and dolls...because she was just bored. She liked more of the figuring out toys. Like how and where to make shapes fit and how to put big puzzle pieces where they go. She liked to match up colors to colors, etc. We even just took the "Candyland" cards out of the game and I would show one to her and say, find me this card. She would go through the pile and try to find one that matched the one I had. I did these things with her while I was folding clothes and watching tv. Maybe your daughter just needs more mind consuming toys or things to do. Just a thought.

definitely all of the above...plus, I found that mine (28 months old now) recently started enjoying being around other kids, not necessarily only his age (one of his friends is 6). He would not even really play with the older kid (not always), but he would be very satisfied, doing his little thing while the other was around, and one and/or the other of the mothers.
I found he just doesn't need me that much any more. not constantly anyways.

Thank you all so much, I do alot of those things so maybe she just has a really short attention span. You all gave me so many good ideas and I thank you so much. I will try some of them out tomarrow.

Thanks again and keep um coming!!!!