Sweet Baby Nene: tech

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Fun with friends

It was nice to see the kids out and about! Even with Nerf guns :)

Go outside James... Taking a break with iPods.

They quickly moved on to playing for real. James is quite good at soccer but refuses to be part of a team. Darn.

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Get outside!

So the weather improved in March and I urged James to get outside!

I was happy he was outside and then I spied him through the window, as I was standing on the catwalk/stairs...

He's on his iPod outside! So I texted him. Yup, I did. I texted him to play.

I guess he understood this to mean play on his iPod because he was still doing it when I saw him again.

Finally, the Nerf guns came out and all was well.

And on another day the scooters and bikes came out. Yay Spring! And his bestie Evan was over for a playdate (he's the redhead in the camo shirt, on the left).

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Man Cave

The Legos have been abandoned for a while now...

(sad)

It's all about video games. And he likes to play shirtless. I guess he gets sweaty?!

James has kinda taken over the Man Cave. Jim has to schedule time on his own TV! Slight exaggeration :)

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Grandpa Frank came to Minnesota for his annual ice fishing trip. I didn't get any pictures besides this one (and I'm kicking myself) but this shows James teaching his Grandpa all about Minecraft. Poor Grandpa Frank!

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Math Enthusiasts

The school sent home tangram shapes for James to practice with for math. He loved these challenges. He didn't consider it math! Just fun. James and his Dad sat at the kitchen table for quite a while playing with the shapes.

James loved tangrams so much that he found an iPad app all about tangrams. He often plays it for fun, even months later.

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Restricted

James had a note from his teacher sent home in mid February. I guess he got "in trouble" for improper use of electronics- meaning he was using his iPod at a restricted time. Not a big deal but we restricted his iPod use for the rest of the week. He was okay with this.

He decided to read books on the bus instead of play on his iPod. I really liked this idea.

The teacher note also mentioned some resistance to art work at school. It was a good opportunity to draw a picture together at home. James chose to draw a picture for his teacher about the bus.

James reading a book on the bus--

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

School satisfaction

In 2nd grade we haven't heard too much from the teacher or from James about general school progress. James answers our questions okay but he doesn't say much else.

So we received this letter in his home folder and interpreted it as "I like school just fine!"

Too bad his iPod died and he had to read an old fashioned book on the bus!

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Minecraft Winter

Our winter break was full of Minecraft and Skylanders. Xbox games.

James received an Xbox Live subscription for Christmas, enabling him to play online with "friends". The friends are approved, obvious children also playing on Xbox. I liked this particular kid because he seemed sweet and a kid of color!