So, now that I have created a blog I guess I need to figure out what I can offer a potential blog reader. Who will even read this? Maybe that should be the first question. My purpose was to connect with family and friends - let them know about those random little things that you don't remember in conversation. So to those whom are willing to wade through the ramblings, there may be something here worth reading!
Summer is a weird time. Great, but weird. For the last couple of weeks, Q, L and D have been watching too much television. Yes, I am ashamed (but willing) to admit that my 20 month old son watches too much television. Why it seems so much worse for him than the older two, I don't know... but somehow it is. I LONG for summer all winter, than when it arrives I don't know what to do with it! There are so many options - beach, park, hiking, yard work, etc. - and maybe that's the problem. Can someone please tell me what to do. I wish they had day camp for Moms. Bring the kids and participate in structured activites. Actually, that doesn't sound good either.
I wonder if my kids will talk about how aimless my parenting was when they grow up. Will they say, "We like, never had regular meal times... and remember how much t.v. she let us watch? It's amazing we have any brain cells left!"
I guess the issue at the heart of it all is an inability to live in the moment. It seems I am often only thinking of what comes next, and forgetting to experience right now.
Speaking of right now, I should go turn off the television and make my kids experience right now, in real time... not t.v. time.
