Today we had our monthly get together at Kim’s house, which as always, I really enjoyed.  It is lovely to just hangout with people you feel comfortable with, chat, eat yummy food and  Grace gets a chance to play with the boys.

Jack requested to see the helicopter scene from “Happy Feet” so Grace, Caleb and Jack watched the scene and some, while us ladies drank our tea.  They all sat quietly with that familiar spaced out look, staring at the screen. While we all agreed that the DVD makes for the perfect nanny, I think we all found it a little disturbing how spaced out they all looked, as evidenced by the photo.

Both Duncan and I have been rather anti- television and as a result Grace watched basically no TV (which includes, no educational programmes / DVD’s etc.) in the first 15 months of her life.  We have relaxed a little in the last couple of months, but she still doesn’t watch more than 30 minutes a day and not everyday.  Look don’t get me wrong, I think it is a wonderful “nanny” and gives me the time to do things quickly and effortlessly, and there are definite times that I would love to sit her in front of the TV for a few hours to have some me time, but I actually can’t bring myself to do that.  So instead we build puzzles, read books, have tea parties, ride our scooter and just have fun.