Mama loves her some movies

Have you ever entered into the "quantity vs. quality time" debate?   Do you want lots of time with your friend or more meaningful time, but less of it?


I have four amazing children.  I also get to homeschool them.  And I get to be a full-time parent while our favorite husband & father is overseas.  I think that I've got the "quantity" part of the equation down.


However, I really admire Mamas who spend "quality time" with their kids.  You know, purposed, intentional time.  Time focused on an individual child for a specific purpose.  


That sounds so cool to me.


But when push comes to shove, spending a couple hours with my feet up in front of a good movie sounds better.  Yeah, it's my quest for sanity and survival that wins out every time.


This year, I decided to embrace my screen time and invite my children into some "quality" time with Mama.  


We've started "Movies with Mama" where each child gets to watch a movie with me once or twice a week (depending on my surgery schedule, we might bump that up to three times a week! )

John Z. and I have finished the Back to the Future series and are starting in on Indiana Jones.

Daniel and I are making our way through superhero movies... first stop: Superman with Christopher Reeve.  We think he rocks!

Josiah and I kick back with some Rocky & Bullwinkle.  I figure that a 52 episode DVD set will keep us busy for a few months (thank you Uncle Dante).

JoyAnna is eager for some girl shows- Angelina Ballerina is currently on our docket.  

Okay, so my growing up family is probably shocked beyond reason.  India thinks movies are quality time...whaaatt?!?  Lemmie tell ya, wonders never cease.  It's a fun ride!