Happy Father's Day!
These first two pictures are courtesy of the Rizzos.
I am currently loving the old show Leave it to Beaver.
I'm almost done with the first season (I get a disc at a time thru NetFlix.)
Formerly, I had no real opinion about the show,
but as Simon is getting older I am finding Wally and the Beaver cute, funny, and charming.
I literally laugh aloud SO MUCH during most episodes.
And, I can clean the kitchen while I 'watch' them!
Our kitchen has never been cleaner.
Here is Evie playing with her shadow at the Rizzos.
Evie has charmed us, for sure~!
Matt and Simon surprised me with this white coffee table and plant one day.
I was trying to refinish and then paint an old coffee table white.
Matt and Simon saw my distress and completely surprised and blessed me when I came in one Saturday. They'd been to IKEA and Simon loved surprising me .... and Simon got to ride in the front seat since that the only way they could get the box into Matt's little red car was to have Simon sitting in the front seat.
Our little container garden area
We're going on almost a month without internet at our home.
It is nice to have more time for other things and to weed out so many of the other voices and distractions.
We think it's probably just for a season (at least two months for sure to recoup the cancellation fee). We've definitely had more of an appetite for things we'd rather have an appetite for as of late, and we've been surprised at how easy some things have been.
We're going on almost two months for (basically) no tv/games for Simon. Simon says he loves not having the tv and video games, and he is so much more creative and interactive. Discipline is easier b/c I'm not timing the tv or video game for thirty minutes and then having to discipline if the kids weren't 'happy and obedient' when we turned it off.
The tv is in our kitchen now, which sounds weird, but it fits in there better for us because if the children are allowed to watch something, I'm right there cooking or cleaning or folding laundry.
The kitchen table is uncomfortable for becoming a 'couch potato' and if we do watch something, we can multitask so much easier than just plopping on the couch!
It seems like we all have been convicted/led/impressed upon to give up something lately - Matt the xbox, Me facebook, and Simon tv/game time.
Okay, Simon wasn't really 'led' but he followed well.
I love how God knows what is best for us in each season and how He is faithful to work in us both to will and to do what pleases Him.
Internet has definitely been the hardest to let go of, but when we both felt it was the obedient thing to do for the time at hand, it was easy to let go and to call Verizon.
And what's funny about it is that what we thought would be so hard is actually so nice!
1 comment:
Yay! A new coffee table! Can't wait to see it in person.
And feel free to come by and use our internet anytime. That was a nice visit. :-)
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