Turn off TV week!

We are currently at the tail end of National Turn Off Your TV Week. It's not anything I would ever know about if it wasn't for the kid's school. Their elementary school always encourages the kids to participate, and those that come in with their signed contracts on Monday will get to go in to visit the librarian and pick out a brand new book. How special is that?

Our family has been participating for the past few years, and I think this year it has been the greatest experience yet! The kids have been fantastic about not even thinking of watching TV. We have had lots of reading time, play time, outside time, and TONS of Lego time!

As for books, David has read nearly 3 Goosebumps books. Alexis finished Little House on the Prairie, and Lily started and finished the New Testament Reader! Hooray for all of their efforts! The reading has definitely been fantastic, but my favorite part of the weeks has been watching the kids play Legos.

Joe is suddenly fascinated with Legos. Honestly, 90% of the the school day Joe is sitting and building with Legos. He creates some cute things and is getting more and more creative every day. We went and bought some more of the basic Legos during the week to help the joy spread a little farther. Of course, the new Legos led to a few hours of arguments, but once the threat of losing all of them for the rest of the week was realized, all behavior was much improved!

We've got one more day of no TV. I know the kids are looking forward to watching a few of their favorite shows again, but I definitely think we have rediscovered the fun in the house without the TV on, and we will be able to keep it off more. At least for a while.