NO MORE TV

Gioia and I have found various ways of keeping ourselves busy at the flat now that I cancelled the DSTV.  Here she is singing with a hat on...we also play with clay till 8pm at night and take extra long bath times.  We have now read all the books in her shelf and caught up on all the Practica stimulation that one little brain (my brain) can handle.  I removed the flatscreen from the bedroom wall and pulled the plug on the big TV Saturday afternoon after I realised what a profound impact the language was having on our kiddo.  She keeps saying ''Oh My God'' which I loathe.  I tell her nicely not to repeat that sentence then I change stations from Mnet to movies and it is repeated three times.  Apparently that phrase is not considered swearing so its not beeped out.  All the American cartoon network stations are awful, violent and distorted with bad story lines and Cbeebies shows are just constant repeats.  The black box seems to just suck up time and after the holiday Gioia started to ask for it morning afternoon and evening.  Cold turkey is the route I picked for now.  Hope I can stand my ground long enough for it to enrich our lives to the point that we dont miss it or lament after it or write poetry to it.  We do seem to have lotsa tickle time and last night we danced cheek to cheek till she fell asleep on my weary shoulder.  The pros really out way the cons to date.