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All the time?

We have to drag them inside to eat and sleep.

On the weekdays since they are in daycare full time, probably 2 hours? They go out twice a day at daycare. At night we have about an hour between dinner and bathtime. We've also been eating dinner on the patio.
On the weekends probably 4-5 hours? We go out in the morning then back inside to make lunch. Eat on the patio then back inside because Dd2 needs a nap. If DH isn't working then DD1 is usually outside with him then as well. Then we'll head back outside after 3pm. Eat dinner out and usually head back in around 630. So we can clean up from dinner and get ready for bath. I really prefer them to not be outside between 12-3, during the hottest part of the day.

A lot! Similar to you in that we honour around 10 am. We come in to each lunch/nap and th back out after nap. And usually out again after dinner. He loves it and it tires him out!

So much. After daycare he starts talking in the car about going outside when he gets home, which is hard because he always wants to ride bikes to the park and I have a 10 week old. On weekends he starts talking about the park basically from the moment he gets up. This weekend he hit the park at 8am. Sometimes I wish he just wanted to stay inside and watch tv more often.

Maybe 4 hours. Our yard isn't super shady so we will occasionally snack outside but it's WAY too hot to eat lunch out there. We usually got out around 930/10. In for lunch and naps and we go out again around 4 then we go in around 5/530 to start dinner. Sometimes we go out after dinner but sometimes we dont. DD2 is still very little some she is sometimes too grouchy to go out that late.

@Mrs. Sunshine: yes - I avoid taking them outside between 12-3. It's just too hot and harsh out for me. We have a covered patio so that makes lunch possible right now. But in another month it will be too hot for ME but my girls will probably still want to eat lunch out there.
And yeah, my girls are 4 and 21m. This year is probably the first we can spend so much time outdoors.

Lo is out with the nanny all day except for nap and lunch. Someone's we leave at 7:30 or 8 and the nanny meets us in the park at 9. He is ready to go! I often wish I could just turn him loose in the yard!

@runnerd: Mine gets beet red in the heat too. His face and even his arms. People will say "he's sunburnt" and I have to explain that no, he's just hot. And I'm sure some don't believe me. Today was 90 and we were out for a couple of hours. Sure enough he was super red and someone said something. We got in the AC and he was back to normal after 20 mins.

Last year he was still only 8-12 months during the summer, so maybe only 1-2 hours per day.
Now that he's 20 months, we spend about 1-2 hours in the morning. Lunch and nap. Then back out for maybe 2 hours. But I'm in a city so a lot of our outings are in the stroller with periods of walking and playing.

On a nice evening we may go out one more time for dinner or froyo and a quick swing ride.