Oh The Things They'll Do

Summer is officially here! Not so much in the weather department (its rained every darn day) but as for school, it has officially let out and we've declared our right to summer by wearing our shorts and flip flops no matter how much it rains!

Summer around our house used to be a mixed bag of tricks. Mostly days of carefree fun sprinkled with a little boredom and a titch of the mundane. We learned early on that summer smiles can quickly turn into torturous tedium which signals the start of the cantankerous crooning of those two dreaded words “I'M BORED!”. Luckily, at the Skillman house, this sentence is rarely heard anymore and, if by chance uttered, it’s done in a hushed whisper amongst siblings and never in the presence of a parent! How’s this done? It’s quite simple really. According to the Skillman’s Family Rules of Conduct: “Any child found uttering the dreadful words “I’m bored” has plenty of time on their hands in which to scrub a toilet!”

So on our first official day without school, I heard Connor and Chloe downstairs happily entertaining themselves. To avoid the dread of latex gloves and comet, they have learned to make fun where it doesn’t exist. After an hour of giggles, they bound up the stairs looking like this...
They've decided the cat might need an outfit too, I'll keep you posted on that frightening situation. As for why we’ve got neon duct tape around the house, that is another blog in itself...