And since this is my blog and I can say pretty much whatever I want to on here, I am just going to give my opinion about TV watching and kids. I am ok with it. You can try to turn me in to DFCS for that, but first let me explain. I believe in all things in moderation. TV, video games, movies included. I think other forms of "media" should be more prevalent (e.g. books), but an occasional TV show is fine with me. Maybe when Tripp is older, it might be one 30 minute show a day. Right now, occasional means that this fire truck movie was his first movie/TV show to really ever watch. And I plan on it staying that way for a long time. But I also am not going to forbid it. All things in moderation. Just like dessert :)
Thursday, December 16, 2010
"Fire Trucks Mommy"
Tripp woke up at 5 this morning, by 6:30 he had already eaten breakfast and I was out of things to do with him (ok, no I wasn't, I just hadn't had any coffee yet and was still really tired). So since his "fire trucks" video had to go back to the library today and he has been asking to watch it ever since our drive to Indy (the whole reason for getting it in the first place), I decided to let him watch it one more time. He was mesmerized to say the least.
And since this is my blog and I can say pretty much whatever I want to on here, I am just going to give my opinion about TV watching and kids. I am ok with it. You can try to turn me in to DFCS for that, but first let me explain. I believe in all things in moderation. TV, video games, movies included. I think other forms of "media" should be more prevalent (e.g. books), but an occasional TV show is fine with me. Maybe when Tripp is older, it might be one 30 minute show a day. Right now, occasional means that this fire truck movie was his first movie/TV show to really ever watch. And I plan on it staying that way for a long time. But I also am not going to forbid it. All things in moderation. Just like dessert :)
And since this is my blog and I can say pretty much whatever I want to on here, I am just going to give my opinion about TV watching and kids. I am ok with it. You can try to turn me in to DFCS for that, but first let me explain. I believe in all things in moderation. TV, video games, movies included. I think other forms of "media" should be more prevalent (e.g. books), but an occasional TV show is fine with me. Maybe when Tripp is older, it might be one 30 minute show a day. Right now, occasional means that this fire truck movie was his first movie/TV show to really ever watch. And I plan on it staying that way for a long time. But I also am not going to forbid it. All things in moderation. Just like dessert :)
Friday, December 10, 2010
A Weekend in Indy
We went last weekend to visit our friends in Indianapolis. We had a great time catching up and being together. Tripp loved being with his friends, so much so that every morning when he woke up, he would say "friends? upstairs?" cause they were still sleeping upstairs and he wanted to go find them. He could barely wait for them to wake up, both because he was excited to see them but also because in their room were lots of new toys, trucks and trains.
Janet arranged for us to have a babysitter on Saturday night so the adults (and baby Luke) could go out and enjoy some grown up time together. After a somewhat eventful morning of trying to get to the airport on time, we made it home in just enough time to run some errands and have Tripp get really sick all over the car. I was so thankful it wasn't a few hours earlier while we were still on the airplane. And of course the following day Nelson was so sick he couldn't leave the bathroom for eight hours, but now he is on the up and up and feeling better after having some quality time cuddling with his son.
I am hoping and praying I don't get it next! So now I'm off to wash a lot of clothes since I have been busy washing car seat covers, sheets, rugs, etc instead. But many thanks to our amazing babysitter who got a jump start on the laundry for me this morning! Have a good weekend everyone!
Janet arranged for us to have a babysitter on Saturday night so the adults (and baby Luke) could go out and enjoy some grown up time together. After a somewhat eventful morning of trying to get to the airport on time, we made it home in just enough time to run some errands and have Tripp get really sick all over the car. I was so thankful it wasn't a few hours earlier while we were still on the airplane. And of course the following day Nelson was so sick he couldn't leave the bathroom for eight hours, but now he is on the up and up and feeling better after having some quality time cuddling with his son.
I am hoping and praying I don't get it next! So now I'm off to wash a lot of clothes since I have been busy washing car seat covers, sheets, rugs, etc instead. But many thanks to our amazing babysitter who got a jump start on the laundry for me this morning! Have a good weekend everyone!
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