But First, SELFIE.

I remember crying my hardest temper tantrum cry on Christmas Day (when I was about 6 years old by the way) after my sisters and cousins all got brand new, sleek, silver , flip phones. If I were to give any kids today one of those devices they'd probably ask what it does.

We used to stay up till one or two am to play Sims and Rollercoaster Tycoon. And don't even get me started with MSN messenger memories... The Much Music Countdown was our Spotify and my sister would record our favourite music videos on a VHS tape. These are sacred pre youtube-istoric memories. What fun shenanigans would connect your friends and family without a wifi password? 

So there is a playground near my house that can connect to an app and be more interactive. More interactive? Then being away from screens and causing a ruckus at the park? There's also a very cool but tangley rope climbing apparatus, which I wouldn't recommend accepting a challenge from a 5 yr old on. There's a nice balance between tech and play, I was just shocked to see a tablet and cellphone friendly playground. So of course I had to go to Instagram about it. 

In my at home playground equipped with free time crafting and new breastfeeding positions, I'm really trying to balance my tech use as well. Some days I think about starting a youtube channel. Another day I realize I've spent all my screen time shoe shopping. Then there's the dreaded but necessary evil of online schooling. The amount of time I spend online didn't really bother me until recently I noticed Julius had what I call The Screen Stare.

Have you ever seen a kid with their tablet or in front of the tv totally zoned out. Or that someone walking almost into you on the sidewalk. Drivers at red lights and pedestrians crossing the street. And I'm totally guilty! Id rather let the kids watch an episode of something before dinner than wrangle them up from all over the house when foods ready. I think I must take at least 150 selfies of me and Julius an hour... 

(I read a fact yesterday that the average person will take 25,000 selfies in their lifetime. WHATTT. I actually thought it'd be more)

There was this extremely eerie youtube virus recently that just made my family stop and say woah, we need to get out of wifi reach, turn off data and spend some time in the real world. The virtual reality goes everywhere with us though. The minute something cute happens I can't pull out my phone fast enough to share the moment on my socials. These things just begged me to question, could I go a day without my phone? Or without any of the screens in my home. 

I really don't think I could and my excuse is I need to keep my phone on incase babe calls me from work. 

*que awes and romantic background music*

Through socials I get inspired and stay connected, but sometimes the amount of content consumed a day feels like I've viewed all pages of an A-Z encyclopedia set. There's a lot out there so please be mindful of what you're putting out and taking in. Of course I'll always be a source of positivity and a little creativity  :) 

Ps. let me know in comments or in a personal message somewhere if you'd tune into me and the fam on a youtube channel and what type of stuff you'd like to see.

Stay wavy.