Photo Booth is FUN!

One good way to get W to ham it up (and me too, for that matter) is to put a camera in front of us.  This was the first time we've tried Photo Booth.  I'm finding so much to love on the Mac!

My Naughty Little Clicky Girl

(Regarding the above . . . I just had to play with the Photo Booth App)

So I went to the mailbox today and found these surprises.  Now, I like to get stuff from Netflix, but these were in the hard DVD cases, which means somebody at my house has been buying used DVDs.  I came in and told my wife, "Please tell me you've purchased some used movies from Netflix."  Nope, she hadn't.  Not knowing what they were for sure, and not wanting to void my chances of being able to return them, I checked my account online.  I had received Disturbia, Superbad, and Surf's Up!.  Well, 1 out of 3 ain't bad (we actually thought Surf's Up was pretty good . . . it's got Napoleon's voice, which is flippin' sweet!).  Superbad is too super-bad for my viewing pleasure . . . not too stoked on Disturbia either.

So anyway, how did this happen?  Well, Netflix has a cool thing (sort of?) where you can watch lots of movies online.  I hooked up one of our computers to a TV and E likes to watch cheesy Scooby Doo and animated Zelda episodes that way.  Evidently, she's become a little click happy, and since you have to be logged in to Netflix to use the view-on-demand, she had the ability to buy things.  I should have seen this coming . . . we already recently discovered that the Spongebob Squarepants Movie had mysteriously appeared at the top of our Queue.  

So I called Netflix about it.  I got a real person in the United States within about 5 minutes, and she was very helpful.  I told her we were cool with paying and just keeping Surf's Up (it was 6 bucks) but that I'd like to return the other 2 (unopened).  She said they'll actually just let me keep the other two, so they get credit from me for good customer service.  Not quite as good as Apple, but still I'm pleased.  Anybody want a copy of Superbad or Disturbia?

So, obviously we need to be more vigilant now that E has had some online shenanigans.  Immediately, we will turn off/unplug the monitor as the streaming cartoons are playing, but longer-term she will figure that out.  Suggestions are welcome!

North Head Lighthouse

This is the best I could get asking her to smile nicely. Not bad . . .


The lighthouse is in pretty rough shape when you get up close, but the texture is cool. It was a really pretty day.


It'll always be my favorite lighthouse because I asked L to marry me in its top.


I liked the way the light, shadows, colors, and perspective work together in this one.

My kids do things . . .

The joys of potty training! L found her like this the other day . . .


W is not impressed . . . and he's waaaaay into 80's fashion. Little Pat(rick) Benatar or something.

He's Growin' Up!

Takin' a snooze.


Sister with little bro.


It's hard to get him to smile, but she's workin' hard at it.


Sometimes I get to hold him too! He's my little cuddle friend.