No electronics week...

yup, that's right I'm either crazy or stupid I haven't decided which one yet....I'll let you know in a week :) So this is a family tradition I guess you could say in the Schoch household, every summer when the kids (mostly the boys) are enjoying their time on the computer a little too much, and the video games are calling there name, it's time to take a break!! Now my kids aren't glued to a screen all day, but they will probably choose to play the wii over a board game, or a family movie night over a family walk, you get the point!! Now usually I start this week off a little more prepared, but I've been sick so it's going to be a fly by the seat of my pants kind of week! Here's a few things I do know...

• I'll be collecting all the DS's and ipod touches tonight, and unplugging the TV's!!
• I want to go buy a big puzzle with the kid's tomorrow morning and let it take over our dining room table for the week :)
• I am very blessed that there are MANY free things to do around me, I'm going to try to take advantage of these things!!
• I've put the 3 older kids in charge of making their first meal...um we'll see how that goes :)
• I want to try to do some fun crafts and projects with the kids, that I should of planned out already, but didn't.
• Was thinking about doing theme days, but once again not sure how or if that's going to work out.
• This week will start out a little ruff, but end up wonderful!!
• My kids will play with toys they haven't touched for 6 months :)
• My kids will also be closer and kinder to one another at the end of the week, something about too much electronics seems to make my kids cranky!

Now, while I normally follow this rule with my children, I really don't want to ;) So while Tim and myself will be giving up TV, I have decided not to practice what I preach and not ban myself from facebook!! Now what I am committed to doing is not checking facebook 20 times a day, and while I'm with my kids to really be with them!! So I'm going to update the blog and my facebook page with things we are doing and how it's going in hopes that...YOU ALL JOIN IN ON THIS FUN WITH ME :) It really is a amazing week, and I'm hoping a few of my friends decide to join in!! So like I said I'm going to update here and facebook about how it's going/what we're doing, but I'm not going to spend 5 min's scrolling through my phone looking at people's statuses!! I'm really going to try to give my kids 100%, um like I should do everyday!!

And don't worry the following week I'm just not going to plop my kids down in front of the TV and take a break from all the crazy festivities, my kids will be working very hard to earn things like a family movie night, or family Wii game night!! And then we go camping, and then up to MI, so hopefully we'll end our summer off with our family even closer and happier!!