I'll say....not enough days away from those electronic pixels!!!

I have to admit that I do worry about Jnr straining his eyes, due to too long hours of staring at the computer screen. Which is why I do constantly seek out outdoor activities that he can do, for a bit of fresh air and exercise. And little things that we can do indoors too, which unfortunately is not many, as he is always not interested. So I have to say I am relieved to see him dragged out his box of 3D Star Wars puzzle in the shape of Dart Vader head, and started working on it. So far, we've managed to complete the 2nd stage this puzzle this evening. Over the weekend, Jnr and Papa Gecko's managed to put together a science kit that I've bought - an electric pulley, which was fantastic as that got Jnr playing with it for a few hours. Hurray!

In the last 3 weeks, we've gone swimming twice, and participated in den buidling in the heathland near us which was quite nice as that got us out in the nature for a good 4 hours. Jnr did his 2 session of skiing on consecutive Saturdays. Last week, we went for a movie called Flush Away and spend the whole of the next day in the city, window shopping. And this week, we went mushrooming with Professor Fungus at Alice Holt Park. It was a beautiful day with lots of sun and we ended up spending the whole day running and climbing around the park. And tomorrow, we're going for a Roald Dahl's play. So, we're only clocking an average of 2 "non electronic activity" day, within a very active electronic medium- filled week. This can be quite worrying, especially now that the cold weather is setting in. Mama Gecko's brain need to be ticking....busy thinking up some more activities to distract Jnr away from those very attractive and addictive pixels!