For Lent this year, our family gave up screens. I hate to blame everything on the “‘rona”, but fewer places to go and endless news updates had us all falling into some poor habits the past year. We slowly became passive consumers, spending far too much time staring at glowing boxes and not nearly enough time breathing fresh air and creating something new. Lent seemed like the perfect time to reset our priorities and help us make intentional goals for its use in the future. It was hard (no screen to babysit a whirlwind preschooler while I tried to make dinner!) but it was also so, so fruitful. Easter is just around the corner, so I thought I would write down some of the beautiful things I’ve noticed in our home during these 40 days.
morning calm as the kids trickle out of bed, one by one
seeing my daughter reading chapter books independently!
drum and guitar music throughout the house
the way the little ones want M to teach them how to play guitar too!
paint by sticker and extreme dot-to-dot books
watching one of my boys squat a new personal record in our home gym
the noise of six kids playing, creating, sometimes arguing, laughing…
train tracks and block towers all over the living room
books read in record time
big brother “cooking class” for some of the younger ones (they made pancakes!)
long walks/runs with Lucy
laughing until we cry at old home videos
hours of fun on the trampoline, even in the freezing cold
middle of the day bathtime…because why not?
artwork made by proud artists taped on walls and the refrigerator
sibling belly laughs from some inside joke I wouldn’t understand
watching little baby chick antics
working together on homestead projects and chores
Lego creations everywhere
after dinner dance parties
Lovely 🙂
This sounds a lot like my house! Love those middle of the day baths…just because. :
Water makes everything better. 🙂