A real life resolution

Nothing shallow, nothing to hard. Just being a better family over all. We're really working on getting Carson back on his normal routine. Really working on getting him to not zombie out in front of the TV (that one is BAD) I was so sick in my first trimester, and so tired in my second; we got in a bad habit of just turing on Sean the Sheep and laying down with him. And zombie Carson was born. Another bad habit we got into since his birthday is making him his own meal (usually mac and cheese) which he eats....in front of the TV ::hangs head in shame::

I realized these are really, REALLY bad habits we've allowed him to get into. So I explained (as best as you can to a 2 year old) that in this new year, we're going to sit at the table as a family, even for snacks, no tv, no phones, no computers at the table. I'm making ONE dinner each night. Everyone will eat it, it will be balanced meal (okay lets face it, some nights will be pizza)

I'm done allowing Carson to watch TV all day. This might change back to "lets watch some Sean the Sheep" when Oliver is here. But for now, we're cutting WAY back. We've actually had days of no tv at all. Which is great! We played together, we snuggled we did some art projects. I was almost a zombie by 4 pm.

Another big thing is trying to get in at least 2 meals a day together as a family. This one is super important to me. Especially breakfast and dinner, I really enjoy starting our day out with a yummy meal and ending it with a yummy meal. It also gives us a nice time to talk about our day and to really feel like we're connecting and not just zoning out watching TV after eating and "talking" about our day.  Making one dinner is hard when you have a really picky two year old. I don't make weird foods either. But we've had some fights and some struggles getting him to eat, but over all I think in the long run it will be way better doing this now. Than when he's 5 and we can't strap him down and make him sit at the table even if he isn't going to eat.

We're just trying to be better, not perfect. Thats impossible. But just better, everyone can strive to do better.