Comments on: The Light at the End of the Summertime Tunnel http://www.milehighmamas.com/2009/05/20/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/ Denver parenting, with altitude Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Holly http://www.milehighmamas.com/2009/05/20/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/#comment-6476 Holly Tue, 26 May 2009 04:06:24 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=2964#comment-6476 Muah ha ha, whoever is bored can come scrub my toilet ANYTIME!!! Muah ha ha, whoever is bored can come scrub my toilet ANYTIME!!!

]]> By: Lori in Denver http://www.milehighmamas.com/2009/05/20/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/#comment-6475 Lori in Denver Thu, 21 May 2009 17:13:25 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=2964#comment-6475 I'll fight you for the title of MMIWDT. What a great post to read on the last day of school. Now my pump is primed and I'm almost DARING someone to use the "B" word! I’ll fight you for the title of MMIWDT.

What a great post to read on the last day of school. Now my pump is primed and I’m almost DARING someone to use the “B” word!

]]> By: JoAnn, The Casual Perfectionist http://thecasualperfectionist.com http://www.milehighmamas.com/2009/05/20/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/#comment-6474 JoAnn, The Casual Perfectionist http://thecasualperfectionist.com Thu, 21 May 2009 06:20:29 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=2964#comment-6474 I'm with Amber...Claire (3yrs) doesn't know what bored is yet. But, I'm not afraid to put her to work when that happens. As it is, she thinks sorting laundry is a fun game, and she also loves the game where she puts away all the silverware. ;) I think the Child Labor Laws of the 1980s were really lenient in the Midwest. I grew up on a farm, and my three siblings and I were my mom's own little workforce. Sometimes we hated Summer Break. Mom would get that gleam in her eye and put us to work. REAL work. Manual labor. I think we were the only kids I knew that didn't cry too hard when school started again in August. ;) I’m with Amber…Claire (3yrs) doesn’t know what bored is yet. But, I’m not afraid to put her to work when that happens. As it is, she thinks sorting laundry is a fun game, and she also loves the game where she puts away all the silverware. ;)

I think the Child Labor Laws of the 1980s were really lenient in the Midwest. I grew up on a farm, and my three siblings and I were my mom’s own little workforce. Sometimes we hated Summer Break. Mom would get that gleam in her eye and put us to work. REAL work. Manual labor.

I think we were the only kids I knew that didn’t cry too hard when school started again in August. ;)

]]> By: Amber Johnson http://www.milehighmamas.com/2009/05/20/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/#comment-6473 Amber Johnson Wed, 20 May 2009 23:02:32 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=2964#comment-6473 My 5 and 3 year old don't even have "bored" in their vocabulary. But you'd better believe I'd put them to work if they started whining about it! My 5 and 3 year old don’t even have “bored” in their vocabulary. But you’d better believe I’d put them to work if they started whining about it!

]]> By: Rosey Pollen http://www.milehighmamas.com/2009/05/20/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/#comment-6472 Rosey Pollen Wed, 20 May 2009 19:20:02 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=2964#comment-6472 I am with you on that, when my kids say they are bored, they get work. HA! My neighbor always had to get her chores done before she could play, she had WAY more chores then I did so I ended up scrubbing their toilets so she could escape sooner and play with me. Maybe she just went slow on purpose because she knew I was coming to ask her to play. Never thought of that. SNEAKY! I am with you on that, when my kids say they are bored, they get work. HA! My neighbor always had to get her chores done before she could play, she had WAY more chores then I did so I ended up scrubbing their toilets so she could escape sooner and play with me. Maybe she just went slow on purpose because she knew I was coming to ask her to play. Never thought of that. SNEAKY!

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