December 27, 2007 | What do I do all day?, Ottomatic For the People
In the same kitchen where two small children are playing Connect Four with wild abandon (and seeming obliviousness to the fact that this was a really cool toy when WE were kids), there are four adults.
Between the grown-ups, there are three computers, two cell phones, and a video camera in use. All at the same time.
Posted by Mir @ 10:24 am
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That right there is the definition of irony. Jackson got TWO toys that require batteries this year. He hasn’t played with one of them yet. I’m thrilled.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:32 amThat sounds just about right. Merry Christmas to all, now let’s go huddle around our laptops.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:34 amThat’s my kind of house!!
December 27th, 2007 at 10:43 amWhen were you at our house?
December 27th, 2007 at 10:55 amI am reading this in our living room. 2 adults and 2 kids. 2 laptops and 2 Gameboys in use. Sigh.
December 27th, 2007 at 11:21 amWe played connect four this morning! Now there is a laptop, a leapster, and an ipod in use while we are lined up sitting on the couch sharing the ottomon. With one cat on the middle lap and one dog on the feet. Fun, cozy, family we are ~ waiting for time to pass so we can go bowling!!
December 27th, 2007 at 11:28 am“connect four”?
off to google. . . .
December 27th, 2007 at 11:38 amIt’s a different world, isn’t it?
December 27th, 2007 at 12:32 pmConnect Four is a pretty cool laptop. With a super sharp monitor.
December 27th, 2007 at 1:17 pmConnect Four! I love that game. Sadly, you can also play it on the computer.
December 27th, 2007 at 1:26 pmI’m looking around. Nope. Don’t see you. Could have sworn you were talking about my house!
Connect Four rules!
December 27th, 2007 at 1:48 pmThat is a beautiful thing.
December 27th, 2007 at 1:57 pmFor the record, I was using neither a cell phone nor a laptop this morning. I plead guilty to the video camera, though … hey, I am TRYING to go multimedia here …
December 27th, 2007 at 5:09 pmWhat a wonderful post-Christmas treat: My whole family off from work/school (all week and part of next), my kids playing quietly - and nicely - in their bedroom, my dog worn out and lying beside me after a brisk walk, and now I am getting to catch up on your blog. *BLISS*
December 27th, 2007 at 6:09 pmMy son’s favourite thing to do today was go out with Dad. No toys, big knapsack full of old books - that was how he spent today. Total bliss on my part.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:20 pmI am laying in bed with the radio and tv on while on my laptop. My cell phone and regular phone are within 2 inches and my ipod is charging. Of course - I have no idea where my glasses are though.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:33 pmIt is a sign of the times when electronic gadgets take the place of quality family time. Children as young as 5 years old are getting Nintendo DS or Game Boys.
Remember the family trips of our time. Games like Slug Bug and the Alphabet Game were all we had to keep ourselves busy.
December 29th, 2007 at 12:58 amAh gotta love the technology.
December 29th, 2007 at 8:39 ami LOVE technology. The descriptive name of my new Christmas dell notebook is “my precious.” I need to download connect four onto my Treo.
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:26 amWe got Connect Four for Xmas also. AND Blokus, mainly due to your raving about it. And ya know what? It is much loved by all. Even my husband enjoys it. We had a great “Blokus moment” when my neighbor, who becomes loud and talkitive (read: obnoxious) with the application of alcohol kept yelling, “I’m good at this because I’m SPATIAL! All those tests in school showed that I’m SPATIAL!”
Say it with a Southern accent (which we have, being in NC and all) and it becomes quite amusing. She is, in fact, quite SPATIAL.
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:36 am