Digging for baitSo my kids have found other ways to entertain themselves. When Kira gets home from school FULL of energy and obnoxiousness, I make her go outside (away from me). She has taken up fishing at the river down the road. She rifled through the shed and found a fishing rod, put a hook on it, and has started harvesting worms from my garden. AND while she digs for worms, she's aerating the soil so I don't have to do it! It couldn't have worked out better! And there is nothing cuter than seeing her hike down the road with her rod over her shoulder and her bait bucket in her hand. She hasn't caught a fish yet, but she has found 23 worms!
Bruising squirrelsMaisy got a squirrel treed today and it was driving her nuts so Sam got his bb gun and tried to take care of business, but as he said, "The squirrel can hear the trigger and then dodges the bb." It's not because Sam has bad aim, or that the bb is moving slow enough to easily follow with your eye, it's because the squirrel knows the sound of a trigger and can predict the trajectory of the bb. Actually, I think the bbs were hitting the squirrel because I thought I heard it say in its little squirrel voice, "Ow! What do you think you're doing? That's gonna leave a bruise!"
If Sam figures out a way to kill the squirrels and Kira manages to catch some fish, I may not have to go grocery shopping anymore!
I need to read that book, because my kids end up destroying the world when I ignore them (which is a daily occurance), instead of becoming inventive and imaginative.
ReplyDeleteYou have to deny them the little ridiculous thing they want at least 20 times in order to make them really want it. Kira has been asking me for years if she can go to the river by herself and fish and I always said no, but this year I said yes, so that's all she wants to do. I'll have to periodically rip the rug out from under her and not let her go so she will still keep wanting to do it.
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