How sick are you of 'I'm bored......'

I have a 3 year old and 6 and 9 year old step-sons.

My three year old is fine....he enjoys playing and can entertain himself with almost anything.

However, I am so sick and tired of hearing my 6 and 9 year old say 'I'm bored, there's nothing to do'. Now we have:

a pool
boogie boards
a trampoline
a swing set
a slip and slide
bikes
skateboards
scooters
baseball bats
baseball gloves
balls
bases
soccar balls
a soccer net
footballs
basketballs
basketball net
gameboy
gameboy advance
pokemon something or other
playstation
playstation II
nintendo
DVD players with tons of movies
and our basement is a playroom and we probably own every toy in Toys R Us
we also have
books
crayons
paint
markers
colored pencils
paper
glue
gluesticks
scissors
etc.......
Plus we live right next to a park that has swingsets, slides, and a full baseball field.

'I'm bored'?????? Are you kidding me,

So the other day I came up with the best response to 'I'm bored'. I told them 'No, with all the stuff you have you are not bored, you are boring'!

Chris

I am sitting here cracking up at your response.

Next time tell them there are millions of children around the world without toys, therefore, they should be greatful.

Oh, I tell them that all the time!!!

I've told them if they can't find interest in anything they own we can go to Little Flower and donate their toys. I actually do that anyway when it comes time to do a cleaning. They don't even know half their stuff is gone!!!

GREAT ANSWER !!!! I LOVE IT !!!!

My dad's response to that was always 'a bored person is a boring person.'

In a strange twist of fate, my DH says the same thing to me when I say 'I'm bored, lets go do something.'

Here's another good answer..When they say 'I'm bored' your response is 'I'm Mom'