Small changes

Last Saturday I deleted the facebook app on my Iphone.

It's embarrassing to admit how often I checked it during the day. (Especially for someone who used to be anti-facebook.) Just for short bits of time as I sat down for lunch or while I waited for my kids to get dressed.  I thought I was checking it just whenever they weren't paying attention but it was me that wasn't paying attention.

On Monday after I deleted it I sat down on the couch and got my phone out to check my facebook and remembered oh yeah it's not there... so I got up and did the project I was procrastinating. 

Another time I sat down at the table for lunch and got out my phone to check it and, you got it, my facebook wasn't there. I had a funny conversation (and listened!) with my kids instead.

The past three days I have throughly enjoyed my family and not felt rushed or stressed.  Maybe it just the circumstances of the days, maybe my kids were being especially angellic, maybe I'm just playing mind games with myself to convince myself that it was this huge move to delete it.

Mind game or not, I'm liking the change.

I don't think I was a bad mother, or now I am a great mother but I'm realizing that small changes in my life can make a world of difference.

And no, I haven't deleted my facebook account but I've realized checking it once a day on the computer is fine with me and I have a feeling a lot less often might be in my future.

Things I enjoyed about my day:
Tidying up the garage while the kids rode bikes & Bracken did yard work.
Pulling out of the garage later to see a trimmed bush & weed-free front yard.
Hayes & Kamri happily helping with chores (money was involved this time)
Hayes & Kamri deciding on purchases at D.I. (thrift store) using their own money. Hayes got a star wars coloring book & puzzle. Kamri got playdough toys and a fairy book.
Hayes buying two packages of M&M's with his own money and giving one to Kamri.
Lyla giggling at Bracken when he was pretending to throw a fit
Going to the park tonight and the older kids running through the splash pad fully clothed, getting soaked and loving it. Lyla laughing as she tore leaves off a twig.
Kamri being so excited for me to paint her toe nails, braid her hair, and getting to pick out her dress for tomorrow.
and now to have a netflix movie night with Bracken.