Okay, seriously I am not one of those creative moms who can think of great things for their kids to do when they are bored, not to say that I don’t try. I do try I give them ideas of things to do and make them sound exciting but all I get are frowns and grunts or “nah, I don’t want to”. I will tell you I don’t like for Superman and T-Rex to just lie on the floor doing nothing. I encourage them to read a book, color, draw, play with blocks or cars and sometimes if I am free I will go sit with them and play something. Yesterday afternoon while they were “looking” bored or just baffled at what to do, like they don’t have any toys to play with, I ran in there and tackled Superman with tickles and then T-Rex and then we ended up becoming knights. But since this is not always the case my solution or What Works For Me in this “Mom, I’m Bored” edition of WWFM is to give them a choice… either find something to do to enjoy their time or I will find them something “fun” to do, like picking up toys or sweeping the floor. :0) It works everytime! They are quickly motivated and suddenly boredom is triumphed.
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I find that always works for me too.
Hehehe I have done the same thing. Ohhh your bored well I have something that you can do….the garbage needs taken out…hehehe It does work everytime! All of a sudden they can come up with something to do other than garbage duty.
Good for you for having a ticklefest. Life is about enjoying the small moments. Your boys will remember them!