I'm Bored

"I'm Bored" This has been the phrase I have heard the most all summer. It Drives Me Crazy! I hear it the most from Michela. I mean, come on, you are a child for goodness sake, don't you have an imagination. I don't remember coming to my Mom when I was little and asking her what I should do. I am your Mother, not your cruise director kiddos! Michela often comes and finds me with her shoulders all slumped and with a big sigh she say, "Mom, I'm bored. What should I do?" She usually doesn't like any of my suggestions (most of them involve cleaning or chores), so I get frustrated and say, "go use your imagination!" I end up regretting those words sometimes. :)

Here is what happens when Michela gets bored-

Aria is used as Michela's dress up doll. I really enjoyed her little hula outfit made up of construction paper, tape and string.

Blanket forts are made in the theater room. One night Mike and I were looking for a blanket to watch a movie and found their "food storage" stash in the fort. Juice boxes and pretzels were hidden in there.

After buying new backpacks and lunch boxes the kids wanted to play school. They packed their lunches and went to eat outside on the patio. Michela was the teacher and insisted on them bringing an apple to her.

After lunch she made up some water games for recess. Here are Chase and Michela bobbing for toys in bowls of water.

Aria wanted in on the action too!

Other things Michela has done are make up a play, that didn't end up being put on. She is attempting to make a paper maiche dinosaur. She has started to make a new shirt for herself. Collages, tracing her siblings on paper, paintings and water fights. My "favorite" was finding them all out in the garage sliding across the floor on garbage bags. They had dumped tons of water on the floor and had sprayed it with sunscreen so it would be slippery. Mike particularly enjoyed this one when he got out of his truck and almost fell on the floor. And I told her to use her imagination! :)