supervising from the couch: Here's hoping the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Here's hoping the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Rob has a great family. Tonight we enjoyed our third Sunday Backman family history night without kids, and that was a stroke of genius, if I do say so myself. We're grateful to Grandpa Backman and Grandma Janet for their work putting the histories and photos together, and to Rod & Barb for hosting this month.

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Rachelle said...: I love this picture! We were out of town and missed it, but hope to be a "part" of it in the future!; January 18, 2011 at 10:44 PM

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here's the story:

I was interviewed for a newpaper article about kids and sleep, and quoted as saying something like "when I'm tired, I feel like supervising from the couch." Ever since, it's been our catch phrase for slacker parenting. Ironically, I only had one child at the time and we were practically attached at the hip. Now that I have four older kids, they spend chunks of time playing without even the benefit of me watching from the couch. However, I do try to come running if it sounds like there might be blood. Somehow they have all thrived in spite of me.