Our house will be a little quieter now...
We did a toy purge today. As I'm sure all you parents know, it's an overwhelming task. Part of us feels bad taking any of their toys away, but if we don't go through them every now and then they just become clutter. So while the boys were napping Calvin and I started the dreaded task of sorting the toys. How should we decided which ones to get rid of? Well Calvin had a great idea, he said, "let's get rid of the most annoying ones first." So we made a pile of the most annoying ones, and guess what? They ALL had batteries.
I've been thinking a lot about toys today. Emily's email earlier today (I forwarded it to some of you, but if not here is the interesting link, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10000192&sc=emaf) got me thinking more about the kind of toys we have in the house. The link is to an NPR interview with the author of Buy Buy Baby. The whole topic of kids and consumerism is something I want to learn more about.
I have a lot of thoughts swirling around right now and I want to keep this related to being green... Voluntary Simplicity is a concept that I have done a lot of reading on in the past and I feel like I am just now, finally really beginning to start to align my life in that direction.
Yes, getting rid of some annoying toys is a small thing. But having less loud battery toys will start to change the "tone" of the boys play time, and hopefully will start to bring some of that simplicity into our house that I crave. And I think that living more simply, and enjoying the simple things in life, is a big part of living green.
Showing posts with label batteries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label batteries. Show all posts
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Sunday, April 1, 2007
1 a Day for 3 Months
I've made a small change in my buying habits when it comes to buying childrens toys as gifts. I try to find something without batteries. I've done this for the past 3 gifts I've bought and it's kind of a fun challenge!
(As I mentioned in my last post I'm going to try to document 1 thing I do different everyday for the next 3 months. If any of you want to do this just label your post the same each time and then I think there's a way to sort by subject.)
(As I mentioned in my last post I'm going to try to document 1 thing I do different everyday for the next 3 months. If any of you want to do this just label your post the same each time and then I think there's a way to sort by subject.)
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