An over heard conversation while watching 'Music and the Spoken Word':
'Alex, will you play with me?'
'No, I'm watching this.'
'You want to watch this lame show?'
'It isn't lame. At least there are cool pictures to look at sometimes.'
I have warned the boys that this summer we are going to be BORED. I'm talking, lay on the floor and stare at the ceiling bored. Someone at church mentioned over the pulpit that they remember how summer took forever, that time was so slow. And I thought, hey that's right. Why do my kids think that they have to be going somewhere, doing something, or watching anything? So this summer we are going to try boredom. I'm hoping that this will turn into creativity, book reading, puzzle building, drawing, etc. But if it means an extra nap or counting the individual carpet fibers, so be it. (Don't worry, I won't let electronic time go completely. a) because we spend a lot of money to have access to all things electronic b) because the boys invariably want to play basketball outside of Macey's room during nap time c) because when everything is going too good in a day the best way to liven things up is to start up a fight over what they will watch/play during their e-time!)
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Aw yes! The boredom of summer! I told my Jayden that if he worked on school work all summer WITHOUT arguing I'd buy him a shuffle Ipod. I know, bribery...but bribery is my sanity.
You go girl!
I got on the computer this morning to type in up an easy Sudoku puzzle from the paper that can be used over and over again. On Mondays they print the least difficult level in the paper and they get progressively harder as the week goes on.
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