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The Saturday 7

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1. Did you hear that the author of The Anxious Generation wrote a book on the same topic for kids called The Amazing Generation ? I pre-ordered it weeks ago, and read it all in one sitting when it arrived earlier this week. I thought it was really well done! The information is presented in a variety of formats in order to keep kids' attention, and it was engaging without being overly preachy. I think it's too young for Lucy, and wouldn't hold Levi's attention, but it'd be about right for Lena. It convicted me anew about my own screen time . . . and then on Sunday our pastor gave a sermon about how American Christians are distracted and desensitized - largely in thanks to our phones. So in an effort to get off my phone, I've been binge watching White Collar. It's too fast paced for me to scroll while watching it, and sometimes I even force myself not to pick up my phone during the 1 minute and 30 seconds of commercials! Not sure that's quite what Pastor ...

The Saturday 7

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Sorry I missed last week. Have you seen this meme going around? We got C two days after Christmas. More on that later . . . 1. Christmas was lovely as usual. We had our family Christmas on Christmas Eve. Lena and Levi had a sleepover in Lena's room and they were awake from 5:00 on, but I made them stay in their room until 8:30. We hid stockings at home for the first time ever (we used to do it at Niki's, but everyone else has started doing it at home so we followed suit). Then we let them loose on the presents. I didn't take a ton of pictures, because I was living in the moment. Go me. She asked for a mannequin head to practice hairstyles on. 🤷 2. We had a nice day just hanging out at home, playing with our new gifts, then headed to the Christmas Eve service at church  . . . Then it was off to Niki's house for games and snacks. Cup flipping tic-tac-toe Discussing strategy On to scooping marshmallows with solo cup mittens Then we broke out Cards Against Humanity (Family...