18Oct
My son bet me this morning that he could stay away from his Legos longer than I could stay away from my computer. He gave me a 5-minute reprieve to write this.
He even set the timer.
So far it has been three hours. He is determined to make it to bedtime.
*sob*
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Update: I initiated a truce at 3pm. He looked so bereft. Plus I missed all the people who live in my computer (and my phone, which he cleverly also banned me from).
On the plus side, I read half a Nora Roberts book and we did a ton of school.
When he agreed we could each be satisfied with our efforts and call a halt to the contest if I would still make Baked Ziti for dinner, Little burst into tears, grabbed him in a neck strangling hug and sobbed, “I missed you so much, Big-Big!”
October 18th, 2012 at 10:22 am
But you still have a smart phone or an iPad? right???
chocolatechic´s last [type] ..October 15
October 18th, 2012 at 10:34 am
What you do is, have another kid log on for you and tell her, scroll down… ok, click on that button there… and so on. Then it is not YOU on the computer right??
Happy Elf Mom´s last [type] ..Flower, Leaf, Tree, Cloud
October 18th, 2012 at 11:14 am
Oh heavens, I’d lose in about 15 minutes. Honest. Godspeed. Not that you can read this, can you?
The Fairly Odd Mother´s last [type] ..Fun with photos: Not Impressed
October 18th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
I miss you.
October 18th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Oh no… I’d lose. I’m always telling my son he can’t just watch movies all day and play on the computer, but then it makes me feel guilty about doing it myself.
We all have more fun when we put the technology away and “do stuff” but it takes so much more energy to get started.
Robin Jingjit´s last [type] ..Draw something
October 19th, 2012 at 12:53 am
What a lovely vignette. I laughed, I cried (not really), I grew vicariously as you were jarred from your daily habits by challenging each other. I feel we’re making real progress here, ladies.
October 19th, 2012 at 7:40 am
I’d lose for sure. I broke out into a sweat just thinking about it.
Eddie´s last [type] ..Climbing trees and other nature hike fun
October 19th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
I don’t have a smart phone or anything like that so I get antsy if the power is out and I can’t get on the ‘nets. Plus side: the house is cleaner and we get school work done.
This sounds like the kind of challenge my 10 year old would think up. She’d win.
Karen@Candid Diversions´s last [type] ..Five Question Friday
October 20th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
I love it Deb! So cute what they think of…
October 21st, 2012 at 9:07 am
AWEsome.
tracey´s last [type] ..The Missing Link