Wine and Laptops

Wine and laptops don't mix.  I was also told by a helpful Apple Store employee, that if I was to spill anything on my laptop in the future, to spill water.  Wine eventually corrodes the hardware.  Good to know.  Perhaps if I spill another glass of wine I can then clean it with water?  I was also convinced the next time that I replaced the laptop would probably be related to Sam doing something to it.
The best part is, the laptop was open and I was not using it,  it was my first glass of wine, and not even particularly good wine.  Not sure what the moral to this story is.

This is How I Roll

Dr. Phil

Chris and I seem to have these crazy things happen to us, which definitely keeps life interesting, but also makes me scratch my head.  We were driving back to a client of Chris's from Foxwoods Casino at 9:00 pm the other night, with Sam in the back of the car (another story for another time), when my phone beeped indicating an email.  Since Chris was driving and I had time to kill, I opened it.  The sender address was CBS and scanning it quickly I found it was from the Dr. Phil show.  For those of you abroad, Dr. Phil is a therapist who has a national show, he began his televised career on Oprah.  Come to find out, one of the producers was going through YouTube videos looking for children having temper tantrums.  I use YouTube to upload and share videos with people and make it a practice to set them to "private- can view only with the link," except apparently this video was not on the correct setting.  She wanted to know if we were interested in being on the show discussing temper tantrums.
I was reluctant for a number of reasons and didn't know if I should even contact her.  After some debate with Chris (who said he would explain it to Sam when he was 16 and mad at us about it), I agreed to speak to her.  I offered both Sam and Chris- Chris has better temper tantrums than Sam does, but luckily the show was focusing on 3-8 year olds.  No decisions to make there!
My conversation with Rachel, the producer ended with, "if you know anyone who has a 3-8 year old who has tantrums and their parents need help with it, can I have their number?"
I told her I'd ask around and get back to her if I came across anyone .

Unlocking

Mama's Keys

Our day ended with me chasing a naked Sam with a dirty diaper in one hand, wipes in the other, (I was trying to get him into the bath until I discovered the stinky diaper), yelling, "no, no Sam!  Mama's keys cannot go in the bath!"  He is faster than I am and made it from the dining room to the bathtub before I could figure out what to do with the soiled wipes and diaper while chasing him.  Luckily car clickers apparently now have a seal that allows them to still work after submerged in water by a toddler.
"Mama.  Keys. Bath!  No?"

Future NBA Star (bottle in one hand)

Quote of the Week

We were at a sprinkler park in Belmont, chatting with a mother, she was telling us about her trip to the beach the day before:
"and you could tell it was almost one o'clock.  All the kids were whining, no one was sharing, and then they started crying one by one.  Time to go."  This was all said with the best Boston accent ; )

Traveling Man

Going to see family in Southampton, New York over the weekend, Sam and I took the train to New London, CT, then the ferry to Orient Point, where Chris met us and picked us up.  Other than missing a morning nap, Sam did really well!  He is looking out the window here while eating blueberries.  He spent the first 5 or 10 minutes of the train moving saying "bye-bye" to the scenery as it passed us by.