Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
New Tricks
So my baby is absolutely getting so cute! She has dimples and the biggest cute front teeth, and she is trying to talk...lots of babbles right now, but every once in a while it sounds like a real word. Just the other day I yelled downstairs for Jace and Lyssa to come up and Alexa mimiced me so perfectly---made me fully stop and jaw drop.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
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.
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.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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