The way things probably were in the "olds days" and could be more often if we turned off the TV.
Last night the power went out at my parents' house for almost 12 hours. We were headed home from Avery's first Cardinal's game (they won, and Avery and our niece and nephew got commemorative World Series balls), and my Dad informed me that the storm had caused a power outage. Ameren was reporting that 3000 customers were without power and 1am was the projected time it would be restored.
First of all, it made me appreciate summer and the later sunset. We got all the candles and flashlights out and had dinner while the sun was still out. We talked about playing a game but ended up just sitting at the table talking until 11pm. It was nice to just talk to the family without competing with the TV or other distractions. We heard stories about my father's career choice and work and talked about random stuff (even TV shows :) I'm not bashing the TV- heaven knows that I love my DVR- but I do think we become slave to it. I'm not ready to be a household sans TV, but I am definitely making more of a point of turning it off or not turning it on at all. Last night, we didn't have the option, and it was great!
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I agree 100% with separating from the TV once in a while. We took our little one out in the yard to catch fireflies the other night. I've also been planning on reading some classic kid's literature (with *gasp* no pictures!) to the munchkin...if you have any recommendations I'd like to hear them!
You know, I'm not sure about children's lit although I recently stumbled upon a book of poetry for little ones.
Here's A Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
by Jane Yolen (Compiler), et al.
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