Today began “TV Turnoff Week”, otherwise known as, “Make Mommy Crazy So She’ll Let You Watch Double Next Week”.
No, really, it is a wonderful idea
We made it through today by reading about 10 books, hosting two playdates (thank goodness for nice weather) and then, after Fairly Odd Father reminded me that he was going to a Red Sox game, dinner at a “real” restaurant (“real” meaning the 99; as opposed to a “not-real” restaurant, which would be Burger King drive-through eaten in the car).
We aren’t a huge TV Family. But, I love how a few perfectly-timed shows can turn three loud, wild, fun-loving kids into quiet lumps. I love those quiet lumps. I need those quiet lumps. But, for a week, there will be no lumps in this house.
Have mercy on me.
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Tonight, I was trying to catch up on the “100+” blog updates that I have yet to read from all my favorite bloggers, and I stumbled upon this post from Oh, The Joys. And, look at what she did for little ol‘ me!
Now, I doubt I will win this thing, seeing as I have two votes (which means, be still my heart, someone other than Oh, The Joys voted for me too! and, no that other person was not me!). But, to get a little pat on the head every now and then feels kinda nice. So, I’m going to go smiling off to bed where I will stare at the TV screen until I fall asleep, and then will feel just a teensy bit guilty in the morning when the kids ask me to turn on a show and I sweetly tell them, “I’m sorry dears, it is TV Turnoff Week”.
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