Halloween Stuff in September? I'll Allow That.
Since finally admitting that it's 2010 and that smart phones are kind of, you know, smart to have, my iPhone has been used prominently as a Weapon of Child Entertainment. That is to say, if we're out and about and a certain short person is either getting on my nerves or threatening to explode, I hand her my phone. It's a magical cure for boredom and The Crazies and tends to get me an extra half hour or so whenever I need it.
There are a few dozen Alexis-friendly apps installed, nearly all of which were free. We won't talk about the monthly fees associated with just having the phone because FREE! APPS! Me likey! There are a few like First Words (a spelling game) and Monster Mash (a music game) and Close My Eyes (a book) that are proven winners, guaranteed to bring me peace and spread love all across the land.
Mostly, though, the kid likes to take pictures of stuff.
Every single time I go through the photos on my phone, I'm met with surprises. There are lots of photos of whatever is outside the car window, lots of photos of things she sees in stores, and lots of photos of the various furry things that live with us. I delete nearly all of them since I'd rather not run out of space on the phone, but today I copied a few over, just for fun. Here's what I found:
Cody. Alexis likes him for some reason.
We went shopping for a few small fish for the pond today. I know this because the photo tells me so.
I have a PBS Kids photo app installed that can entertain Alexis for days on end. It allows her to edit existing pictures by adding borders and clip art to them. She has recreated this one at least 235324124609780 times:
She is SUCH a girl. More proof:
A while back we had a four-legged visitor by the name of Jelly. He's a Shih-Tzu and Alexis LOVES him. Obviously.
I have deleted the Jelly/snowman/dinosaur concoction a few dozen times. It ALWAYS reappears.
But my favorite deletes from today give me hope for the future. I am a Halloween whore. Alexis, historically, has always been a Halloween wimp. Is there maybe sort of a chance that she may be done being a scaredy cat?
Based on the fact that Alexis handed me the phone and demanded that I take a few more photos after she was done playing photographer, I'm going to go with YES! There is hope!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Reader Comments (9)
OMG! I love halloween!! After September 1st i'll definately have a pic up on twitter of my spooky mantle decor!!
Oh my gosh, she is quite the photographer. So cute!
ROCK ON ALEXIS! Halloween is the best :D I've been debating whether or not its too soon to get out my decorations...Target doesn't even have theirs up, hahahahaha.
I LOVE me some Halloween, too! There were stores with Halloween aisles in August this year ... It was interesting being in school supply land and then hopping over to all the ghosts and goblins just an aisle away!! :)
From the Jelly/Snowman/Dino creation, methinks she is going to insist you put all the Halloween/Christmas decos TOGETHER before Halloween and makes sure they allllll stay out until long after Christmas.
I'm already seeing Christmas things out. So Halloween is far more acceptable to me!!
I love that she's taking a bunch of pictures!! Taking after her Mom ;)
Oh yeah! Way to join the insanity, Alexis! :)
That first picture really shows some promise! A great shot!
Halloween IS often my Christmas - LOVE it!
Cute photos - I totally need a new phone....really - I mean that - totally.
Has Alexis ever used Blingee? Her love of photo "enhancing" and Sidney Crosby, I think http://www.puckhuffers.com may have a future contributor on their hands.