Boredom Buster

Okay, so I was outside yesterday with my 2 girls and I was trying to get a list of things together to go to the beach. I was attempting (not successfully) to read some recipe books to get good ideas for fast and easy things to cook at the beach. My girls were screaming that they were "so bored" and they were hanging on my chair and we had already done the swings and the slide and all the other normal outside things. Then all of a sudden- I had a wonderful idea. I know- those who know me well are in disbelief right now. You say "It can't be so!" But it is. You see my husband has not cut the grass for about a week now and we have a lot of weeds and such in the yard. So- I went inside and got 2 pair of scissors and told them they could cut all the weeds and long pieces of grass with the scissors and also gave safety instructions. You would have thought they had just won the showcase showdown on the Price Is Right. This occupied them for at least an hour and they only got a small section of the backyard done. (With 8 acres- looks like I am going to be able to do a lot of meal planning....) They have already done it 2 more times since then. I know- I am the smartest woman in the world.