Le Infant Pomme de Terre

There’s a new breed of potato out there. It’s not the Yukon Gold, and it’s not even the proverbial Couch Potato. It’s much worse than this– it’s the Young Couch Potato! Doesn’t that sound awful! I know that my children are much more sedentary than I was. When I was young, we didn’t have video games (well, except for Pong, and that was like, ICK), we didn’t have DVDs or all the electronic games. “Games” to me meant hide and seek, Monopoly, or cowboys and indians. I’m amazed at how quickly our culture and childrens’ lifestyles have changed. And I know how impossible it is to yank the kids away from those durn computer games and Playstation games!!

Well, I’ve taken the long way around just to mention a nice site for parents and kids. It’s called Kids Off the Couch. They’re not paying me or sending me a boxful of bananas or baseball hats to mention them either! I just saw the website and think it looks neat. It has ideas for activities for kids and parents. I think it’s a good site to generate a little creativity. Homeschooling families might find it especially helpful, because a lot of the activities are educational. So lets get the kids off their butts and onto their feets!