What to do with 2 young boys.

Isabella4

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Candyce

I hope they don't get too cold.

Ihad two boys and two girls and have to say girls are much easier to entertain.

If you are up to it get them outside--perhaps a hike somewhere. They like to be busy. Outdoor things are great as they are calming. X box and gameboy can hipe them up.

Just my silly thoughts. I think once you get in sinc you will enjoy them. They really can be fun.

Candyce

SoCalLisa

Believe it or not some of the boys that age have been entralled with old fashioned board games and card games which they had never had the opportunity to enjoy in their overly entertained world. Of course, it takes a few minutes to teach them the games..it is a whole new world for them..
Don't you love the sounds of silence!!
Hugs, Grandma Socal

LuAnnH

Lisa is right, my kids range in age from 12 to 19 and we enjoy lots of board games, came be lots of fun. Here are a few good ones, pictionary, cranium, crazy eights, uno, yatzhee, dominoes and scatagories. My kids like their video games but they love the family togetherness when we all laugh and play together.

LuAnn

newvickie

Lock em in the basement LOL...just kidding.
In my experience boys that age like to be busy too...but busy in a way that they think they are doing you a big favor. Do you have any "fun" chores that might be interested in...something to tire them out a bit. Painting is always fun (if you have something they could paint that you wouldn't mind how it looks), reorganizing the garage, make a big deal of how wonderful it is to have the help. The card and board games are also a great idea. Pictionary is another great one. Family movies with popcorn and pizza could quiet them down and give them something to look forward too. My brother always like to cook too so maybe making cookies would be fun.
Best of luck to you.
Vickie

KariLynn

All good ideas. I have a 10-year-old boy, sometimes you just have to let them get bored - don't feel responsible for making every minute exciting, that's not how it is in their "real life" either.

Can you take them to a bowling alley? That might be fun and work off a little energy.

linny

I have two boys and two girls. When my sons were young, they always played outside - hockey on the driveway, baseball in the park, etc. I think kids today have much less to do because parents are afraid to send them outside alone. My boys rollerbladed, biked, etc., and were rarely bored. It was not so many years ago, but now people seem afraid to let kids out alone (I guess I don't blame them with all the scary stories you hear). My daughter will not let her 9 year old in New York walk 1/2 a block to wait for the school bus by himself. When she was his age, she took public transit back and forth to school every day by herself and I never worried.

Linda

beth1225

Being the mom and stepmom to an 11 and a 13 1/2 year old, letting them get bored is one idea. Life is not 24/7 fun. DS Eric says let them go to the library to pick out their own book or if you are feeling like spending the money, buy one. Eric enjoys reading graphic novels. No they don't have bad pictures (I know I let him help with the booby test, real or fake) but are novels of the comics that are popular in the video games.

I also taught him backgammon when he was 10 so that is another option. Checkers is good but can be boring real fast. If you have some old magazines, pick a theme, holidays for example or what their favorite things are about their family members, and let them cut out pictuers and make a collage.

Good luck Grandma and let us knowif they or you survived.

Hugs,
Beth

dash

If you have a blockbuster membership and really don't want to entertain them, bring them to blockbuster and let them pick out 'new to them' games and movies every few days. Whnenever my boys rent a new game, I don't see them until they beat the game! Also, feed them, feed them, feed them!

Also, do you have a place nearby where they can play air hockey, pool(billiards?), and bowling. And get snacks--lol.

Do you belong to a YMCA or something else with an indoor pool and basketball court?

Bring them to the movies....

Play "manhunt" or flashlight tag with them outside.

Go on a hike at a park with the dog...

Cook snacks with them...

Boys are tons of fun--have fun!

sandramacy

Hi Isabella,

In addition to all the other ideas: Wash the car, bake cookies, help with a meal preparation, work a jig saw puzzle (a 3D one would be cool) look through your boxes/albums of old family photos.

Typically they want to be needed and they love attention. Not so much of asking them what they want to do but just start a project and let them join in and/or take over.

Hang on, it could be worse...you could be stuck in Finland with no thermals.

Isabella4

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