What do you think? Could YOU do it?

Last night at dinner, Aidan thought he'd be all slick and throw me a challenge.   
"MOM!  I challenge you to a full day with NO electronics!  Do you think you could do it?!"

I say hell yes, Aidan, bring it on.   I really could.  I could pack up my phone, put away my iPad, turn off the computer, the tv, the iPod, all of it.   It really wouldn't be an issue for me at all.   At first Erynn starts squealing and saying nononononono!   I laugh at her.  Really girl?  It's only 24 hours.  Give me a break.   I'm serious.  24 hours with no electronics is NOT that big of a deal.  Get outside.   Pick up a book.   It would really be a non-issue for me at all.   However, I do love that he threw in my face "Mom, that means NO PICTURES of us for a whole day!"  Love that boy - yes, he tossed out that I take too many pictures.   Well, he'll appreciate it one day, trust and believe.

So, Erynn turns it around and says "Okay I accept your challenge."   Now it's Aidan, Erynn and myself that are all for it.   Then we look down the other end of the table.   Ryan and John are standing firmly against it.  FIRM.  Nope.  They will not give in.   Heads shaking back and forth with a vengeance.  Ryan looks like we've asked him to cut off his right arm.   John actually looks the same.  God forbid either one of them go without tv or an iPad.  John is on his phone 24/7.   You all joke and think I'm bad?  I got off of FB for 3 wks with no issue at all.   I was shooting for a month but gave in early because it was my friends birthday and her hubby was giving me a hard time.  So I did give in early.   But I VERY happily offered to go off and start again for a full month but was met with VERY loud arguments that I should not.   So I haven't.   But I have definitely cut back my time on FB.  And I'm enjoying it.  I do not need electronics to get through my day.   I really want to do this little experiment.  Why the hell not?   Is it THAT big of a deal to go without for a day?   Have an "old fashioned" day as Aidan said last night?   (which cracked me right up because think about it.  How far back do you really need to go?  LOL)

So, I ask.  Could YOU do it?  Could you put down that phone, computer, iPad/Pod/whatever.  Could you back away from all of it for an entire day?   What think?  Give it a shot and get back to me!   I'll be blogging about our day when I make it happen........because it's going to happen!  

Trick or Treat!

Ahhh, Halloween.  Where people can act the fool and get away with it.  Blaming it on a holiday and thinking we all don't know any better.  I see you.  I know the truth.  Nah, I'm just kidding.   

I admit it.  I was one of those people for a hot minute.  I thought I'd be cool and get all suited up in Ryan's football gear.  Not thinking for even a minute that the stuff would actually fit me.  GTF out of here, whaddaya know - IT FIT!   Pads and all.  Now I really wanted to parade myself around town with a sign on my ass saying "YES, THIS IS MY EIGHT YEAR OLD'S GEAR I'M WEARING ON MY 37 YEAR OLD BODY!!!"  But I didn't.  Truth be told, I think they have lead lining those football helmets because after about 5 min in it (long enough for me to get photographic proof that yes, I was doing the damn thing HA!) I had a headache and legit had to take some Aleve to make it go away LOL!!!   However, now I know why those poor kids look like bobble heads running up and down the field!  

Every year we go out Trick or Treating with our friends, the W Family.  It's tradition.  They used to live down the street, but they sold their house this year and now they live on the other side of town.  Sad, but at least our tradition continues on!  Their little boy, S, idolizes Ryan.  It's SO stinking cute.  This year they ended up with the same costume.  It was hysterical.  They were doing this little dance and singing "we wag our tail back and forth."   Adorable. Below is the kids all lined up ready to go.  I tried to drag it out as much as possible because it just doesn't seem right to be going out when it's still light out but TOT ran from 4-8p this year and we could only hold the kids off for so long.

The loot.  OMG how disgusting is this?  Between my three kids they scored 622 pieces of candy.  Yes, we counted.  146 pieces of it I threw away because it was the stuff I won't let my kids eat.  Gummy type candies, sugar sticks, lollipops, that kind of thing.  But the rest of it they scooped up and had to put into 2.5 Target shopping bags.  NO, I will not let my kids eat it all. I've already started taking it into work.   No kid needs to eat all of that candy.  Gross.  But, it was a major haul needless to say.  There just didn't seem to be as many kids out this year.
 

Hope you all had a great Halloween!