National Turn Off TV Week

Annie came home from school the other day with the news that this week is National Turn off the TV week. I had heard this but declined to participate as Matt would not be home until Thursday and I was fairly certain that there would be blood shed if I could not use TV as a bribe tool, a babysitter, or an emergency "save me from these kids right now" tool. So when at the beginning of the week Annie announced the news, I told the kids that from Thursday through Sunday we would not watch TV. Yesterday morning, Ellie woke up early, and I plucked her from her crib, got her a bottle, and plopped on the couch with the remote. I turned the volume way down, though, so I could barely hear it. Johnny's ears I think have supersonic hearing, because he immediately woke up when he heard the buzz of the tube. As he's coming down the stairs, he scolds me, "Mom, I thought we talked about this in the car yesterday. No TV." Busted.