I'll NEVER say I'm bored again!

I really hate the phrase, "I'm bored." Charlie and Hank have even started saying it. Today, I actually said it twice and texted it to my sister Laurel.  Honestly, I wasn't bored, but as Laurel put it, "You have stuff to do but not interested in doing it." That's exactly it. I didn't have the energy to take all four kids out and about. The laundry seemed like a hassle, and why clean up until the kids go to bed. My day is a cycle of feed four kids, clean up the kids and dishes, change diapers, naps (no one will nap at the same time,) and saving the house from being torn down.  Plus, I'm trying to be a good mommy and not let the television be the babysitter. BUT, it is a great babysitter especially if Netflix is working!

In an effort to not let the television act as the babysitter, we signed up for the summer reading program at the public library. Charlie and I have been reading a small chapter book called Beany and the Meany, by Susan Wojciechowski. We both loved it. It focused on science, bullying, and friends. After Charlie finished the book, he wanted to do an experiment. Well, after I said I was bored, he remembered he wanted to do an experiment. He had the idea to freeze a rock to see what would happen. I quickly got online with a baby in hand and Hank jumping around me to find a freezing rock experiment for kids. The scientists, Charlie and Hank, placed eggs in ziploc bags and froze them. This was the perfect experiment because in the book, the experiments centered around how heat made solids, liquids, and gasses expand. Which by the way I had to clarify gas in the air from gas that comes from your body. Gotta love little boys :) Charlie started a video journal checking the progress and documenting the steps.  It was all very cute. But, he still insisted on us all going to a park to get rocks. So, yes, we DID all get out of the house. He washed the rocks and put them in the freezer too. We did have to start the egg experiment over because during a progress check an egg got dropped.

In the midst of all of this, Hank has a favorite book series too. He like the Pigeon books, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willem. Hank dictated his own pigeon story to me which I quickly wrote down called The Pigeon Goes on Vacation. He then illustrated his story.

We also played computer games, played transformers, built block towers and knocked them down, sat in timeout a couple of times, made a number line and played a math game on the ipad, and made dinner. This does not include the babies, but they were here too making sure that I didn't get bored.

I'll NEVER say I'm BORED again.  I love bedtime!