Depends on the situation. If I'm by myself and the kids are with me, I have a detailed plan. I first take a great book and coke outside. I then grab the cigar, my lighter(matches if wind is right) and my cigar punch. I then carry #2 out and put him in his stroller in the "holding pen" area and walk my older boy in there and latch it up. The older one plays in his sandbox area, shoveling like mad and having a ball, while #2 works on his motor skills. I then light up and all's good!. If I'm smoking with my brother in law, I just grab a cigar, a can of Pepsi, and a jacket, then go on outside, he has everything else 99% of the time.