Starting at 4:15 on Friday afternoon, the Kirkpatrick family took ourselves off the grid for 24 hours. As part of my new small group study at church, one of the challenges/tasks of this week was to really tune in to your family and tune out all the
interruptions. We had a really good time and I hope that it's something, to a less drastic extent, we continue on a regular basis. I also discovered that I'm slightly addicted to my phone and had to fight the habit to pick it up every time I walked by.
John Thomas has officially been assigned his first chore, opening and closing the garage door. We figured we better start early teaching him responsibility ;).
So anyone who's ever seen our boy eat, knows he can pack it away. I can already envision the swollen grocery bills when he hits those teenage years. I thought I'd let him try some pasta salad and , not surprisingly, he loved it. He especially liked the olives, but I just like watching him eat each olive slice by poking his finger through the whole. He can be so silly.
This was an impromptu shot between playing ball with Chester. It just might be my new favorite picture.
Starting at 4:15 on Friday afternoon, the Kirkpatrick family took ourselves off the grid for 24 hours. As part of my new small group study at church, one of the challenges/tasks of this week was to really tune in to your family and tune out all the interruptions. We had a really good time and I hope that it's something, to a less drastic extent, we continue on a regular basis. I also discovered that I'm slightly addicted to my phone and had to fight the habit to pick it up every time I walked by.
John Thomas has officially been assigned his first chore, opening and closing the garage door. We figured we better start early teaching him responsibility ;). 
So anyone who's ever seen our boy eat, knows he can pack it away. I can already envision the swollen grocery bills when he hits those teenage years. I thought I'd let him try some pasta salad and , not surprisingly, he loved it. He especially liked the olives, but I just like watching him eat each olive slice by poking his finger through the whole. He can be so silly.
This was an impromptu shot between playing ball with Chester. It just might be my new favorite picture. 
One of our family traditions (although its been a little bit) is to have black out nights. Basically ahead of time I make sure there is ice cream, snacks, candles and flashlights. Then when it gets dark I suprise the kids by turning off all the lighs and screaming black out night. After that I go around and turnoff all electronics, light the candles and pass out the flashlights. Then we spend the rest of the night eating ice cream (you know it will melt since their is no electricity.. hint, hint) and play board games or flashlight tag. Its always a great time and a good memory. So good for you taking the initiative to plan an off the grid night and keep your family on track.
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