it turns out that the area where we now live doesn't have any cable TV hook-ups available...we were with Comcast (4 cable & internet) & LOVED it! but they don't service our area...neither does Adelphia... so that leaves the 2 dish companies...1 of which doesn't offer local channels in our area (ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS - what we mostly watched)...& the other requires a decent deposit 4 the equipment/installation - not something we can do right now
sooooo, we don't have cable or internet yet
when the kiddos finally realized just what that means 4 them (no Disney, no Nick, no Cartoon Network), they were devastated! i mean, Jaden was literally in tears!
i reassured them that we'd start getting our money's worth out of our Netflix subscription...that we'd return & get more movies sent out as quickly as the kiddos could watch em! & i explained 2 them that there were tons of other things they could b doing instead...like playing with each other?! ugh! ~lol~
that conversation didn't end too positively...they were sad that the TV they knew & loved (for the last 4 months, anyway) was gone, & that Mama couldn't really tell em when it would b back
so let's just say i was thrilled 2 see the activities going on around our house these last few evenings...riding bikes...
& playing in the sandbox (that Grandpa dropped off some new sand 4 - he's the best Gpa ever!)...
then as i'm making dinner, i hear some singing coming from Jaden's room...i go back 2 see what's going on & find all 3 kiddos playing K'nex 2gether...yeah, every piece was dumped out on the floor, but they were playing 2gether! & not fighting!!! & hey, they're pretty good about cleaning up their messes - as long as i remind them 2 or 3 times ;0)
the song they were singing is the theme song from Phineas & Ferb - a show on Disney that they all love...& apparently miss ;0)
sooooo, we don't have cable or internet yet
when the kiddos finally realized just what that means 4 them (no Disney, no Nick, no Cartoon Network), they were devastated! i mean, Jaden was literally in tears!
i reassured them that we'd start getting our money's worth out of our Netflix subscription...that we'd return & get more movies sent out as quickly as the kiddos could watch em! & i explained 2 them that there were tons of other things they could b doing instead...like playing with each other?! ugh! ~lol~
that conversation didn't end too positively...they were sad that the TV they knew & loved (for the last 4 months, anyway) was gone, & that Mama couldn't really tell em when it would b back
so let's just say i was thrilled 2 see the activities going on around our house these last few evenings...riding bikes...
& playing in the sandbox (that Grandpa dropped off some new sand 4 - he's the best Gpa ever!)...
then as i'm making dinner, i hear some singing coming from Jaden's room...i go back 2 see what's going on & find all 3 kiddos playing K'nex 2gether...yeah, every piece was dumped out on the floor, but they were playing 2gether! & not fighting!!! & hey, they're pretty good about cleaning up their messes - as long as i remind them 2 or 3 times ;0)the song they were singing is the theme song from Phineas & Ferb - a show on Disney that they all love...& apparently miss ;0)
4 comments:
OMG they still make K'nex?!!! I loved those when I was a kid!
Cute video!
Hmm, can't see the autism video. Will have to remember to check from home.
I can't imagien the wailing and crying in our house with no cable and no internet. Of course most of the wailing would be Jeff ;) JK
That stinks about the dish companies. We have Dish Network but we luckily get local channels. How about the lcoal stations, do they operate in HD? If so, we went to Radio Shack and got a $100 antenna that will pick up all our local channels in HD, so even if Dish didn't have them, we could still get them.
I am glad to hear the kids have decided playing together is acceptable :)
Sometimes I really dispise the TV in our house. It's just noise to me at times...
Glad to see your kiddos are enjoying being a kid - you know, the way you and I did growing up!
There are moments when I wish we would just get rid of cable! Maybe when I am not working at home all day. It's amazing what kids do when the TV is unavailable.
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