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I got to #videochat with #GS4 & #GS5 yesterday. #GS3 was watching TV, and did not participate. We’re going to have another videochat today, without any television 📺 to interfere.
The almost two years old child was at the limit of his verbal expression, but he was clear about what he was saying. “I’m happy that we’re having this chat, but I want you to come back and talk in person.”
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Had a #videochat with #GS3 and #GS4. During the chat, the 3.5 year old carried the phone around the house and found a missing steak knife on the floor underneath something. I sent #sonTwo a text message telling him to ask his son where the knife is.
The 1.5 year old asked me to pick him up. His word for that is "down".
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Daughter-in-law called and put #GS3 on #videochat before his bedtime. He was engaged the entire call, telling me about things he did today, things we did together before I left, and talking about things I did not even understand.
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In theory, I agree, but in practice, I have used #Ring, the earlier version of #Jami. The experience was so poor that I can no longer get my in-person contacts to try anything that is not #Facebook / #Instagram / #Zoom. And that's without ever trying the #videochat functionality ... we only used text chats and it was still a really poor experience.
I've heard it got better, but of course, none of my in-person contacts will try it again. This also affects apps like #Briar and #Session.
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A nice 90 minutes long #videochat with #GS3 and #GS4 this evening. The younger grandchild was in the chat almost the whole time. The older was in and out. #sonTwo told me that the tail end of my visit may coincide with his in-laws' arrival, and he's thinking of ways to encourage ethnic enlightenment.
I missed loosely scheduled chats with #sonOne's family and #Dadfy_A's family.
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Thanks to timezones, I missed my regularly scheduled #videochat with #sonTwo and his family.
I was unsuccessful in scheduling a chat with #Daddy_A and his family. I also planned to do an unscheduled chat with #sonOne and his family.
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S called last night to tell me about the strange requirements of her current assignment. We were on the phone two hours.
This was just after a #videochat where #GS3 picked one of the (identical) walkie talkies and declared "that's mine!", explaining that "it's the best!" when asked why #GS4 could not play with it bit could play with the other one.
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Going to #videochat with #GS3 and #GS4 today and hopefully tomorrow as well. Tomorrow I will also attempt to videochat with #GD1 and #GD2, and will attempt to make up last weekend's missed chat with #A1, #A2, #A3.
(In case you're wondering, I'm not attempting to set up a chat this weekend with 24 year old #GS2 nor 26 year old #GS1. I will try to get in touch with GS1 for a chat some time in August, and try to have a voice call with GS2 later this year.)
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#sonTwo put the boys on #videochat yesterday after they had visited a pick-your-own farm. #GS4 (age 1) ate everything he picked, while #GS3 (age 3) filled the bucket.
They love fruit.
During the chat, GS3 showed me his new monster truck toy (a little bigger than a Hot Wheels toy). GS4 was eating a sandwich and kept calling me "Dadda" and "Papa", then (after sonTwo corrected him) he'd call me "Gan'pa" before starting over with Dadda. He ate about half the sandwich before he held it too low and it became dog food.
The new puppy is teething, so they need to have lots of chew toys to stick in front of it whenever it tries to chew something it shouldn't chew. Hopefully, this time they can weather the storm long enough to get the doggy past that stage. A prior puppy's chewing got so bad that they took it to sonTwo's in-laws because it even tried to chew on GS3.
The existing dog has learned to escape from human children when it wants a little rest, but the doggy child goes into the backyard when the older dog goes out.
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#GS4 had his big grin in today's #videochat. #GS3 told me about his favorite book, Piggie and Elephant Biggie, but he did not read it to me today.
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#GS3 and #GS4 recorded video messages. We skipped our normal #videochat because the other grandparents are visiting.
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Got a full hour of #videochat with #GS3 and 45 minutes with #GS4 tonight. Their other grandparents will be visiting for the next couple of weeks, so we will take a break.
The younger one is thrilled with a book 📕 that has places to feel dinosaurs. Not that anyone knows what a dinosaur 🦕’s skin felt like. The older one is pushing buttons on a talking, singing electronic toy.
I told them (and #sonTwo) that the only career that will always have jobs is plumbing, but that I will try to prepare them as much as I can for the things I know.
I also mentioned that their cousin #A1 is getting a micro:Bit and a couple of projects for it.
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#sonTwo and his wife put #GS3 and #GS4 on a #videochat with me tonight. The younger child was very hungry, as though he hadn't eaten all day ... even though I had seen video of him turning down more food earlier today. The older child found two toys that sing the same song, so he's been pushing the buttons to make them sing together.
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We followed the call with a #videochat.
#GS3 is very much a do things a certain way kind of child. So that means that if he's drinking juice, don't interrupt him to have him say hi to Grandpa. He will say hi once he finishes his juice. And he's at the age where he doesn't want to say goodbye.
#GS4 was about to go to bed. He was very tired and silent. But he smiled and tried to get closer to the tablet.
They were wearing pajamas that Grandpa bought, and the older child held his toy fire station.
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Today’s #videochat with #sonTwo, #GS3, #GS4 was short. Their dinner was delayed and the kids were hungry. As soon as it was ready, we disconnected, so they could eat and start preparing for bedtime. The 1 year old grandson babbled something and then said something that sounded like “Grandpa” before babbling some more.
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This weekend, I had my regular #videochat with #sonTwo, #GS3, #GS4. The younger child had missed his nap, so he had gone to bed early. He heard Grandpa's voice and started crying until they brought him out to see me.
He tried to give me his bottle, then raised his arms to say "pick me up". At one year old, he hasn't quite grasped that the person in the tablet screen cannot just step through the glass. He's quite sleepy, but I think he's going to resist sleep as long as he can.
The three year old was repeating back everything I said, then he showed me his Spiderman toy and his book. Spiderman talks when you pull the string, so he got distracted with that and forgot about Grandpa until time to say goodnight.
There must have been some TV show where a character speaks in a growling voice, because GS3 kept reverting to that voice.
I did not have this week's call with #sonOne, #GD1, and #GD2. We'll have to try for next weekend.
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We didn't have our normal #videochat, where #GS3 and #GS4 tell me what they've been doing in their own languages, but we did have a short "say good night" videochat ... GS4 was already asleep, and GS3 was fast approaching his sleep time.
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#sonTwo 's family all had colds this past weekend, so we did not have our #videochat.
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#sonOne is back at home. #sonTwo planned to have a #videochat before he left, so #GS3 can talk to his uncle, but it was okay because grandpa still got to talk to him.
We had some discussion of trying to coordinate a family trip to #NYC so we can all see the city together.
Also today, I drove to another office in #NYState. I don't know how far away #Quebec is, but I saw a school bus with its stop sign in another language (I think FR).
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html [www nytimes com]
Bought "1619" books for #sonOne and #sonTwo. And me. And my mom. Now #GD1 and #GD2 have read a related book. We're hoping to have a #videochat where we talk about some of the ideas and stories.