Unplugged

My son the Walnut told me and Mr. Hilarious that when he grows up he doesn't want to get a job. He wants to live in our basement and watch TV and play the wii all day. When we told him he couldn't live with us, he said that was okay. He would just find someone with a wii and live with them. Mr. Hilarious said, "Sweet. We just saved about 50 grand on college tuition."

I realized my Walnut was addicted to the boob tube. When he told me he didn't want to do a 100 peice jigsaw puzzle because it was too hard, I realized he was wasting his beautiful brain. I decided to unplug the TV during the week.




The first few days were a wild success due to a heat wave. After months of freezing weather, we saw sunshine and temps in the 50s. He played for hours outside. I praised my excellent parenting decision.

However, once the weather dipped back into the 20s with strong winds, my Walnut started testing me. He's always bored and pleading for some screen time. He hates playing alone so instead of writing during my youngest's nap, I have become my older son's playmate. I will soon have many blogs of the new, creative indoor activities we've tried. Unfortunately, he is taking up all my time so I will have less blogs in general. It's the price I pay for refusing to let his brain rot away on Mario Galaxy and Phineaus and Ferb.