Oh the things kids do…

There are parenting events that I know when I will look back on, I'll wish I would have handled it differently.  Tonight was not one of them.  Sam and one of his friends were playing outside and fell into one of the worst traps kids his age could get into… they got bored.  So what do bored kids normally do?  Yep, they find something they shouldn’t get into.  Tonight was tearing apart a big, and I mean 4’ x 4’ big, piece of packing styrofoam.  The results are below.

Scraps from the styrofoam slat.

Sam doing his best to clean his mess.

‘Snow effect’ from playing with styrofoam.

The funniest part of all of this? The frantic steps Holly took to get the ‘bigger’ mess cleaned up before she broke down and asked where the shop vac was at so they could vacuum up the bits and pieces.