Mom is ALWAYS right! Boredom is good for the soul!

It took a while but inevitably the dreaded words all parents hate to hear, "I'm bored", will spew from the lucky youngsters who have the LUXURY to be bored. Perhaps that is why we as adults hate to hear it so much? I would LOVE to be bored! But I don't have enough leisure time to actually be bored so perhaps I resent this? Yes. Definitely.

It happened very recently at the McDonell circus as there is also a "screen time" moratorium from 10:00am-4:00pm which is horrifically UNFAIR and borderline abusive according to my children.

Anyway, I digress. My response to the curly-headed child who will remain nameless was, "Great!"

"You want me to be bored mom?" (please insert whiny voice when reading)

"Yes! Once you are REALLY bored, you will find something amazing to do. If not, please feel free to go be bored away from me." (Yes, this is what I said VERBATIM. I am a great role model!)

Fast forward to Ta! Da! The Carnival! Yes it is a potential mess that won't be cleaned up to my standards but it took a LONG time to create and they made some cash! ($.50 as of this posting). It's a win-win!

Call for tickets! 10 for a mere .$25!

Featuring: The Shooting Gallery

 An actual ticket booth with little shredded paper "tickets"

 Skee-Ball-Like-A-Pirate

 Ring toss and a bouncy ball toss

And now they want to go to Costco because.... they are bored again. Sigh.