Send your own ElfYourself eCards

The TV experiment

This was HARD!
I banned TV for a week. An entire week. The very thought was daunting, but we were out of control--not hardly speaking to each other, just necessary communication and that was grumpily. I had been up nights with the baby and wasn't getting enough sleep,which meant I was gladly using the boob tube as a baby-sitter and the kids had the tv on for most of the evening. Nothing was clean, nobody got along, just grunt shove and mean words. So I said enough is enough. I want my family back. Actually Monday and Tuesday was easy. I had errands that we went on, activities to do, chores and piano to learn. But then Wed I was stressing over my calling-- had to prepare and go buy one more thing for ornament making with Activity Day girls--and hadn't slept, and the kids were whining. BUT! I didn't give in. We forged ahead. Then Thursday was too much and I let them turn it back on.

So three whole days! Are you proud of us. I may make this a habit of sorts. TV only on certain days. It will certainly make little persons a whole lot more reasonable.