I'll be honest with you. I like screens. Well, one in particular. My Blackphone 2 by Silent Circle, which is what I'm using right now to create this post. I spend much of my time on it as I don't have a computer. Not only do I like screens for myself, I must confess I like when my children have them too. Screens are really useful for taking a shower, cooking, cleaning, and really for any other activity I want to enjoy uninterrupted.
I admire people who live a screen free life, but they are a necessary evil in our home. My peace and well being are important and if mom's not doing well, nobody's doing well. I know too much is bad for them, and lately they've been playing on screens altogether too much... especially since my son got a Nintendo Switch for his birthday.
Early this morning, I decided to commence a day without screens, the reason being that my two year old was chasing my eight year old around, trying to bite her in order to get the smartphone she wanted. Yeah, that happened.
My children are willing to bite and maim each other to get access to their favorite electronics!! They are turning into regular cannibals!! What have we become as a family?!? 😱
When I made my announcement, there was screaming and crying and gnashing of teeth, but after a while they settled down.
They fought.
They played charades.
I heard the word "mom" 859 times.
I didn't take a shower until 2:30pm.
We made this strange creation with one of our pumpkins.
At first Jared wanted to use a blowtorch (since we don't have a heat gun, and the blow-dryer wasn't hot enough).
Then the blowtorch caught on fire, and three of the kids ran outside. (No picture of that! Darn!!)
So he used a candle instead, and we helped peel the crayons.
Then when we were done, Jared sang a song about pumpkins being his friends. I think he inhaled too many crayon fumes. 😂
We went through 70 sheets of paper for drawing and painting.
Naomi and dad played chess.
We gave Naomi an all natural remedy called bach for her temper while playing chess. It didn't really work.
We had leftover spaghetti for breakfast, and bacon and eggs for lunch.
I didn't get much cleaning done.
They played hide-and-seek.
We carved another pumpkin, a Minecraft one.
They were very loud, and they made a big mess.
In fact, they are quite feral!!
But overall, today was a great day, and remarkably, my sanity remains intact!!
Today was necessary, and we decided every Saturday will be a screen free day.
Much love, snowpea ❤😘🙂
