Child of the Technology Age

We knew it was inevitable that Zeke would be a computer nerd. Just look at his parents. And it's true. Zeke seriously loves computers. Unattended computers will be explored, and computers in use will be supervised. As we stand up from our computer chairs, Zeke hops right up and starts typing away. His computer activities are typically limited to long strings of text, unsuccessful file searches, and navigating back and forth through picture slide shows, although he has become quite adept at using Aaron's flight simulator (not at flying, just taking off and hitting the reset button when the plane crashes). It's practially impossible to keep him away, so we just let him do his thing and then close all the windows and rearrange the icons after he is done. The other day we looked over and he had the system restore window open. Now our not-quite-two-year-old has his own computer account. And he has already started to personalize it.

Helicopter in Action

Ever had a helicopter flying in your kitchen?

And, thanks to this tiny heli, Zeke now says 'helicopter'.

Noisy & Malfunctioning Sounds on Blogs

I've been to several blogs recently and there seems to be a trend to put a playlist of music or have some sort of music playing when you first load the blog. While these things can be fun it can really be a pain in the butt when you are trying to keep the volume down to avoid waking others; STUPID HEARTBURN. Tonight I got to listen to a song that sounded like it was being dragged down like it was playing on a dieing cassette recorder, thought that we had gotten past that sort of thing. Ah, the joys of technology. So for those reasons mainly I probably will never do such a thing to my blog. ^_^

Flying into 2009

Aaron's flying club hosts an aptly named Freeze Fly each New Years Day. We dressed in layers and Zeke wore his new snow gear and we stayed fairly comfortable. Aaron, as club treasurer, was put to work immediately supervising raffle tickets. Zeke wandered around and played in the snow a bit, thoroughly enjoying being outside for an extended period of play.

Not many planes flew because it was too windy. We didn't fly either because by the time the wind died down and Aaron was free of the raffle, Zeke was ready for his nap. So we went home. We'll have to find another date for our January flying.

Aaron got a mini helicopter for Christmas and he flew that in the kitchen after we got home. It's a lot of fun to watch. Zeke has a very important job as helicopter retrieval: if the heli lands on its side, he picks it up and puts it upright, ready to take off again.