I figured out how to play Netflix on my Macbook for baby while I read and blog on the other half of the screen. The last few days she’s been saying “TV? TV?” and pointing at the screen. Since I don’t know how to work the TV and it is currently stuck on snow (don’t ask — it has 3 remotes that all do different things, it’s hooked up to Arabic satellite, the computer, and the sound runs through our stereo, and since I can’t watch Project Runway or Top Chef on it, it’s as good as dead to me) the TV is out of commission until Josh comes home.
But I realized that I could open a window in Chrome and start Netflix, then resize the window to make it smaller and open a resized Safari window. She gets to watch in the top left corner, I get to play in the bottom right. We snuggle and are both happy.
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| a screenshot — technology love |
On the Netflix homepage she says “up? up? up?” as she asks me to keep scrolling through the shows. She settled on Shaun the Sheep, which is perfect because there isn’t any mindless kid-show dialogue to endure, just claymation-style animation with music and sheep sounds every once in a while. It’s cute, funny, and not annoying. win. win. win.
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| snuggled on my special chair — everyone is happy |
Mama’s girl now loves coffee, chocolate, and TV. I’m so proud. She also loves music, but I can’t take credit for that one. That’s all daddy.