Housework

This afternoon after Alex had watched his allotted after school t.v. he was complaining about being bored. I finally told him that if he had not found something to play by the time I was done folding the laundry then he could help me with the housework. It wasn't an idle threat, but at the same time I did not expect him to take me up on it.

He vaccuumed for about 6 minutes before he decided that being a kid and playing was considerably better than being a grown-up doing housework. Guess I'll be on the ballot this year for meanest mom of the year.