Our kids don’t spend much time on electronics at home. Thankfully C gets exposure to them at school, but for the most part they are off limits in the house. When C was younger, we noticed very quickly that there were big behavioral issues when we would take electronics away from her, so we came to an early decision to take them out of the equation. Every once in awhile we will let them play on the iPad, but it is very rare.

I noticed during the past few months that it is much harder for me to take time and just be silly with the kids. Therefore I am trying to make a concerted effort to do something fun or silly each day. It might not be anything big, but I just want to make sure we get a few moments of smiling, laughter, or wonder out of our time together.

Tonight at bedtime, I broke our no electronics rule and I let them take pictures with Snapchat. The kids had a good time, except that moment that the scary bunny filter came on and terrified poor Baby E, but other than that they couldn’t get enough. The deer filter was their favorite.

We definitely enjoyed our ten minutes of silliness!