This is always a hot topic in our house. I do hate it when the boys sit and flick through the channels and then settle on watching something I consider to be rubbish. You know, those horrible cartoons on POP? Police, Camera, Action or worse the American ones!! Pet Rescue is another one I hate. There are lots that I don't know the names of and it turns them into vegetables, unable to move until I insist they get up and do something else.
Well, this is rather an extreme scenario, as it doesn't happen very often. The boys are far more interested generally in being outdoors but when the weather is bad, or one of them is a bit poorly.....we find it hard to play games and do puzzles etc at the moment. Willie is at the worst stage I think. The 'I want everything that you have' stage, the 'scream and shout until I get it' stage....or worse...the 'bang my head or bite myself because i'm frustrated' stage (What is that all about? None of the others did that!!) so it makes playing anything involving small pieces difficult.
Sooooooo.... we have taken the TV out of the living room for a while, leaving just the small one with DVD player in our room. The big boys have the PS2 in their room (minus a few games that I loathe) which means they can watch DVDs together in there occaisionally.
I don't mind the actual TV watching if they are watching a film or series on DVD that has a definite beginning and end. A set timescale to it.
Its funny how there has been a pattern emerging...
Tom has been re watching the Long Way Round/Down series (motorbikes/off roading/geography/adventure) and David always wants to watch films that have goodies and baddies or adventure films...Lara Croft, Indiana JOnes (the old ones) and Power Rangers, borrowed from a friend while he is on holiday.
So should I still worry? I hate Power Rangers because of the fighting aspect but it is the old fashioned Cops and Robbers however unrealistic the characters are!!!
So we are thinking of putting the TV back in the living room, but minus the TV aerial ( even might go so far as cancelling the TV licience...not sure yet.
I certainly won't miss it generally...although I hear Hugh is doing a River Cottage Autumn.....but I think I can watch that on line!!!
And now for a couple of pictures..
Our next door neighbours are away this week and have left me in charge of the chickens, fish and cat! One of their Silkie bantams had been sitting on 3 eggs but they hadn't hatched on day 21 so went off on holiday leaving me to sort out the removal of the eggs, when I was sure they wouldn't hatch.
Hee hee!!! So I had to find her a house and run, and some food and water for her beautiful, clever little self and her new babies!!
Our hen Buffy that successfully hatched 3 earlier this year is broody again so we have given her 4 silkie eggs and one of her own AND one from our laying teenager to incubate. Trouble is they will be due to hatch the day after we go to Wales, so we will miss it!! :-(
This is Bob trying on his new rug for when the nights get a bit chilly in the autumn. Doesn't he look smart!!!
The Discovery has gone in for its re test today for its MOT....it just needed a few minor things doing. Rob and Tom handled them easily!
And the 110? Well they have drained the oil to flush the system through twice now (the first drain was thick and black full of gunk and bits), they have fixed the leaking water hose and the other couple of very obvious minor things...and guess what? It runs brilliantly!!! It sounds so much better...ticks over fine and so much less smoke now too! So just the doors to sort out and they reckon it will go through an MOT too! We could be going to Wales in convoy!
I made Chocolate Courgette cake the other day...yummy! The best way ever to use courgettes, which by the way, are growing prolifically in my garden. I need a bigger veggie plot for next year for certain. One way or another, I will have more veg and goats, even if we do move to Wales to get it.
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Yes we have the tv dilemma too. However, I've come to the conclusion that with a bit of sensible discretion it can be a very useful tool. The kids have recently been watching the 'Lost Land of the Jaguar' series (think that's what it's called). They've also watched a little of Long Way Round (mostly cos I like it and watch it). Ray Mears is also a popular choice. So, overall the input is - dare I say it - educational (but don't tell the kids). Early morning tv is strictly regulated though...it takes them an hour to put a sock on if they're watching kids tv rubbish in the morning!
We don't have the head banging screaming tantrums in the house any more (did all that with ds1). We do have the whining, grizzling, girly squeaky wailing of dd1 though. In the end the boys know what's best for them and usually give her whatever she wants...anything for an easy life!
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