I don’t even know at this point how much it has cost us to fix and/or replace things the kids have broken, mostly our oldest child. I’m sure by the time he goes to college, we probably will have already paid for most if not all of his college education in things broken. The latest – the TV stand. My 4yo had already broken one door when he was 2 years old. Yesterday morning acting a fool, my 9 year old not only broke the other door, but also almost knocked over the TV in the process. I did NOT have enough coffee for such shenanigans before 8am.
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yeah, we’re in the thousands. Furniture, cars, glass, doors, windows…the list goes on. I don’t tally because it depresses me. But when you buy a brand new fridge to replace the broken old one because he stood on the door and cracked it and said new fridge costs $2-3K and within five minutes of installing it he rams a tonka truck into the front of it and dents it, it kinda makes you wanna cry, no?
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Totally. Honestly, I’m impressed we’ve had the TV stand as long as we have based on how quickly we’ve had to replace or repair other items in the house. My least favorite though is snaking toilets and drains because of the water fascination.
I hear ya, our son split his bedroom door in three parts from the bottom up the other day. I have no idea how he pulled this off but all I could do is just walk away. One more thing to fix.
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I never thought that I’d be the crazy lady screaming “I just can’t have anything nice”….but I am totally that crazy lady.
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No one in our house can have anything nice. A favorite sport of my older one is to break his little brother’s toys. Fun times.
OMGosh, you don’t have to tell me about kids being destructive. We live in my mom’s house and it is SO stressful because my mom doesn’t seem to get that young boys are terrors and destructive. It stinks.
I haven’t experienced this yet – Hannah is fairly good with that and Nathan doesn’t crawl yet. I’m sure I’ll see my day though!
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Three boys now 20, 17 and 14 and thousands of dollars later in destroyed clothing, toys, ceiling light fixtures and dishes later…. not to mention the broken bones and stitches, braces, sports equipment, vehicles…… Welcome to my world.
Oh do I feel for you. I can’t tell you the things the boys have destroyed. They have gotten better about it now that they are a little older. Mostly, the just break their own toys now. lol
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