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While Everyone's Away, Mommy and Brady Will Play

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It was a rare evening at home tonight with just me, Brady, and the cat. Bill was at a work event, and the big kids were at their dad's. We had a pretty good night. We ate a really easy, laid back dinner of peanut butter sandwiches, a banana, and some almonds. (It's kind of healthy and EASY) Then we played a bit with the new tractor Brady's babysitter gave him for his birthday.

Oh yeah, did I mention that my baby turned two on Sunday? Where has the time gone? He's two, and he's independent, as most toddlers are. He's really starting to use a lot of words lately, and it seems like his vocabulary has grown out of nowhere. It's his independent streak that led him to having no nap today, which then led him to start to get a little loopy as the night progressed. In an attempt to focus his attention on something besides running around in circles and throwing himself on the floor, I got out my new MacBook Pro to show him a picture slideshow. What we ended up doing instead was playing with the Photo Booth feature that allows you to add effects to your pictures, and this is what we got:

What do you think? Did we do good? And does the fun we had justify the expense of buying a Mac? Please don't tell Bill he agreed to buying a $2000 toy to help me occupy the kids, okay? It's strictly for business and for my writing career. Not for fun and games!


posted by
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 4:34am

Hi, Mary! Congrats on the new Mac. The pictures are so cute; it clearly shows how much fun you two had! And a belated happy birthday to Brady. He's a big boy now Smiling

- Nadia


posted by
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 4:51am

Thank you so much, Nadia! It's wonderful to hear from you. I hope that you're doing well. I do think of you often.


posted by
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 5:12am

Oh! You've inspired me! I have one picture of Audrey and I since she was born in October. Just one! I really should use PhotoBooth and get some fun pictures of the two of us.

I won't tell your husband that your MacBook Pro is there to entertain the kids if you don't tell mine that it's for blog reading & online shopping. Smiling


posted by
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 5:22am

I'm so glad we inspired you! It was a lot of fun, so I highly recommend you do the same. And I want to see the results!

It's a deal - we'll keep each other's secrets. Smiling


posted by Mommie Daze
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 6:54am

Looks like lots of fun! My laptop has entertained my oldest many times. And now the baby wants to "use" it to, even though he doesn't really know what it is. I always wonder what moms did before computers and the internet.


posted by
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 12:13pm

I know! And iPhones, too. I just had Brady playing a game on my phone today while waiting for daddy to get done with work. We're lucky, that's for sure.


Thu, 04/01/2010 - 9:47am

We bought a new laptop over a month ago (not as luck to have gotten a Mac like you - SCORE!) and it's still in the box! Complete with built in webcam we could be using to take pics and talk to the grandparents.

I WILL take time to break it out this weekend and get it set up! I am always the one taking the pics of my kids and DH. Time for Mommy to be seen in the pics too!


posted by
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 8:38pm

Good for you, Karen! So good to see you here - just wish I had seen your comment sooner!


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