Today, Monday, Keegan went to The Master Study, a.k.a. school, but Ella went to bed with a slight fever Sunday night so she stayed home. She felt better today but still woke up with a slight fever as well as a terrible head ache. But that was enough to throw off my day!
Grissom, Callae, and I were all also super tired from our huge weekend of birthday fun so we laid around watching movies. I did get a few things done but all was very lazy! It was kinda nice.
The second Keegan got into the house it started...the asking...here we are only in January, even the end, and my kids are having problems playing with their NON-electronic toys. Keegan got a DSi, we got the SkyLanders game, and our family got an iPad to share and boy all of a sudden the kids think they can't do anything but!
Sooooooo...being a great mean mom that I've always desired to be I came up with a solution. I took a picture of it. I wish I could say I came up with this in my own brain, but I have to give credit where credit is due...my friend Jill does something similar with her four kiddos.
The top envelope has colored tongue compressed sticks. Ella is red, Keegan is purple, Grissom is green, and yes I made some for Callae and she is yellow. Each stick is worth 20 minutes. Each child has 5 sticks. Everyday they get all their sticks to start out. I can take them away for any reason I see fit...a moms right! I've also given each child an orange stick that has their name on it and it says Extra. When they want to play any games other then board games they can bring me a stick or put a stick in the game over envelope. As long as its not in the midst of school time I will allow them to play which ever system they want. But once their time is over they can not play any more that day...it also includes Netflix or movie time. I also told the kids that I have the right to take sticks away if we have a family movie night or family Wii night planned!
So tomorrow will be our first day to try it out.
Ella and Keegan will do well I just fine I know. My problem is going to be Grissom. He's just at that age where it's just super hard to do anything...I'm just hoping this doesn't kill the kid...I say with full sarcasm!
I think I've done a pretty good job maintaining our game time thus far. But I only let them play it while I'm fixing meals...but they are getting to that place where they just want to fight over who gets to play what! I figure this time would come.
So...what do you do about gaming and the amount your kids get to play? Do you just let them play or do you have rules?
All I can say is that Grissom cried and whined all over until I picked him up and put him into his room to play. It wasn't until I did that that he puttered around his room for a good 5 minutes then finally started playing and stayed in his room playing for a very long time!
K...here is our new "gaming system!"
Get my play on words?? Haaaa!
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