Due to Stephen’s LOLprowess, our site now has enough Diggs or Technorati gold stars in heaven to rate us being approached by marketing firms. The first couple of times we got emails, I was like, “Huh? They want to do what? What’s the catch?” The catch is that these companies want to send us free [...]
Category Archives: Conversations with Eli
Eli Tells Jokes
June 10, 2008 – 11:43 am
One of Eli’s current favorite websites tells jokes. That, of course, means Eli then tells those jokes to us. A selection of his favorites:
Cinderella and her sports-playing ability
Giraffes and their nocturnal habits
Chimps and their ailments
Sadly, I wasn’t able to capture him saying, “Listen! Listen! I have a joke!” and then coughing to clear his throat [...]
Wait Till Your Father Comes Home
June 3, 2008 – 10:44 am
I have reached a milestone in parenting: I have had my first “wait till your father comes home” moment.
I knew things weren’t going well at home yesterday. Thanks to the miracles of Web 2.0, I don’t even have to wait for a phone call to know Eli and Liza are spinning around wildly and creating [...]
Emotive Eli Emotes Emotions
May 30, 2008 – 1:40 pm
The past couple of weeks we’ve been dealing with an new onslaught of what seem like extreme emotions from Eli:
Anger when we tell him “no”, usually about treats or tv. The anger comes with stamping feet and a yell that makes me duck my head in shame, because the boy is starting to sound [...]
Tomorrow I’ll Teach Him to Yell “Hadouken!”
May 21, 2008 – 9:26 am
Last night, when Eli again asked that we keep playing through Zack and Wiki instead of Mario Kart Wii, I realized that he’s most interested in games that involve some semblance of plot. My kid is going to be an adventure game player!
Of course, even when a game doesn’t have a story, he’s happy to [...]
The Case of the Missing Marble
May 13, 2008 – 8:42 pm
Mumsy bought Eli Hungry, Hungry Hippos while she was visiting this last week because he said he wanted that game specifically. After I assembled it and played a couple of rounds with him, I took a break and Mumsy took my place.
“Is that all there is to this game?!?!” she asked after she played.
“Yep, that’s [...]
A Four Year Old Reviews Grand Theft Auto IV
April 28, 2008 – 5:39 pm
Long ago I reviewed a lot of video games for a dot com, which meant that I got a lot of free games. Even now, years later, I sometimes get free games.
So how could I not try out Grand Theft Auto 4? And how could I not see what Eli thought of it?
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A Four Year Old Reviews You Have to Burn the Rope
April 17, 2008 – 11:14 pm
Some time ago I showed Eli the Flash game You Have to Burn the Rope. He immediately wanted to play it again.
At this point I estimate we’ve played it twenty times.
It got to where he would tell everyone who came to our house about the game. And that’s when I wondered, what would happen if [...]
Eli Idol
April 16, 2008 – 8:27 am
It’s been a while since we’ve let you hear Eli singing. He sings all the time, making up songs about whatever is going on in his life, like eating breakfast and playing Zack and Wiki. In this case, he’s singing about friends.
My Two Mimics
April 3, 2008 – 9:42 am
This will come as a shock to everyone, but it appears we are rearing two kids who are 100% ham. Both want people watching them; both like to mimic things you do to get that attention.
The other night, Misty & I were talking, and I said something about a death march on a project. Eli [...]