Low tech

It's a low tech summer for all the kids thanks to Graceful and her late night conversations with a boy she's never met. iPods, DS, Xbox, iPad, netbooks have been relocated to our room. Their ultimate fate is still to be determined. In a encouraging turn of events, all the kids rallied around Mister, convincing Coach to return his 3-week old iPod touch because he never has, and likely never will, use it for anything that it is not intended for. Now we are not totally unplugged. The TV is still in use. Coach's PS3 remains. Coach and I continue to enjoy our iPhones (and now Queen Bee's iPad), and the Fledging (who returned to the nest this week) still has his computer, iPod and phone. Ahhh . . . thr benefits of adulthood. But for the past few days, I've heard nothing but the cheerful sounds of card games, Chutes and Ladders, and Clue and the padding of 10 feet as the little kids race each other around the perimeter of the house over and over. Heck, even I'm encouraged to rediscover my long lost live of reading. I've found, however, that my attention span has been decimated by blog reading. Two chapters into Treasure Island and I had to take a break. Here's my challenge - for a woman with 9 kids, I sure like to be left alone. My challenge is to invite opportunities to have shared experiences and build relationships with each one of my children. In only ten years, everyone but Termite could potentially be out of the house. I'll have plenty of quiet time then.