Biting on the I’m Bored Game
I am beginning to feel like some comical mascot. I have assisted with sewing little mermaid pillowcases, sang songs, danced, baked cookies and helped with homework. Yet I still hear, “Mom, I’m bored.” It makes me want to scream like the Gladiator, “Are you not entertained?!”
If you give kids a list of chores around the house for something to do, it’s amazing how fast they find other ways to amuse themselves. If you are truly bored, is it not another way of saying you’re boring?
I know little ones can only entertain themselves so much but my 11 year olds should be able to manage to figure something out without harming each other. Then again maybe not. I will expand my list and fasten it to the fridge but then I will boot them all out because it is a lovely sunny day and everyone could use the exercise.
My daughter received one of those inflatable toboggans for Xmas but the cat pierced a hole it. We do have one crazy carpet they could take turns with. Right now, there is a huge hill of snow that the plow put right beside the driveway. It’s been a major attraction for the neighborhood children but they will not be sliding down that.
Sundays our store offers movie rentals half price so that will do for the last couple hours before bed. They have already done the fort thing with the sheets and took over the living room but that got old.
I guess the bottom line is if I back off they will come up with something to do besides complaining about being bored although they’re still going outside. I keep biting on the bait but it won’t hurt them to use their own creativity especially since they don’t seem to like any of my ideas.
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