Domestic Immaturity
Today, my kids broke the ironing board. I'd like to say that I was paying attention to them when it happened. In fact, I'd like to pretend that they were helpfully ironing my lovely linens. Yes, let's pretend that is exactly what was happening, instead of the reality where my kids thought they could use the ironing board as a bridge, or a surfboard, or some other plank-shaped object, and managed to collapse the legs and bend the board in half.
I'd also like to say that I'm angry about it. But honestly, when I looked at that bent up ironing board, it made me laugh and think "Oh well! No more ironing! Too bad, so sad! Tra la laaaa."
Comments
When I was 12 we turned an ironing board into a slide off the bar. It worked really well if you were sitting on the cookie sheet.
My friend's mom wasn't too thrilled, but I thought we were pretty original.
So glad to see that ironing boards can still provide entertainment! HA!
Posted by: OMSH | August 14, 2007 2:00 PM
I have one of those ironing board things tucked beside my dryer in the laundry room. Never have figured out what it was for.
Posted by: Procrastamom | August 14, 2007 3:11 PM
I'd like to say that ironing is a thing of the past in my house, too, but honestly, something that never happened can't be considered a thing of the past, right?
When my daughter was six, she and I were over at a friend's house and when she saw my friend's iron sitting on the counter, she said, "What's that?" Yeah, it's been seven years and I'm STILL hearing about that one.
Posted by: Masked Mom | August 14, 2007 4:38 PM
That's some good stuff. At least they were being creative. I have one of those small ironing boards and as soon as I got it, the boys claimed it as their carpet surfboard. They've used it more than I have.
Posted by: Jessi Louise | September 6, 2007 7:29 PM