Notices tagged with videochat
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Last night's #videochat was mostly about getting some time with #GS4. He's standing and working on walking and babbling at Grandpa. He believes that any time someone eats, he should eat also.
#GS3 is at the "no, I don't like that" stage, so no matter what dinner is, he doesn't want it until he is enticed to try it. He was just starting to eat as we started the videochat.
The younger child kept trying to go over to where his brother was sitting and eating, so he could try to eat with him.
At the end, GS4 went to bed, GS3 decided he wasn't going to say goodbye. We hung up. GS3 started crying because he didn't get to say goodbye, so we reconnected, but he still refused to say it.
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Got to have a short #videochat with #GS3 and #GS4. The older child was unhappy at first because they turned off his cartoon. Then he felt better and told me about one of his Dog Man books.
And apparently, his books about dinosaur-construction equipment hybrids are called Diggersaurus.
We're going to finish our chat tomorrow, since the younger child needed to go to bed.
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I remember “Curious George” from way back. Apparently, the books inspired a TV show, because #GS3 was telling me about George and the man in yellow in our #videochat. I will have to look at the books 📚 and see whether they are something I can buy him.
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During our #videochat, #GS4 grabbed #sonTwo's Diet Coke and spilled it all over himself. Prior to that, #GS3 felt that the younger child was competing for attention that only he deserved.
Grandpa must make sure that both of them know they are loved and that there is enough attention for both of them.
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Daughter-in-law: Can you smile for Grandpa?
#GS3: No!
DIL: Why not? He got you the sand. Can you say "thank you" to Grandpa?
GS3: (Not looking up from his playtime) Thank you, Grandpa.
A few days from now, when we have our next #videochat, he'll be reading one of his books to me and holding up a toy to tell me about it.
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We held tonight's #videochat too late for #GS4 ... he was asleep. We truncated it because #GS3 was also getting sleepy.
I blame software updates and required reboots for this.
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Scheduled two #videochat sessions with grandkids Sunday afternoon, figuring the office empties by 15:00, so I could leave and have my chats. Then, shortly before chat time, top management decided to come back to the office, so I went back to work.
On Sunday the 14th, I'm on call (no more 72 hours / week!), but I'm going to try again.
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In last night’s #videochat, #GS3 brought his power tool to Grandpa and asked for batteries 🔋 to make it work again. #sonTwo said it is the lug nut gun that mechanics 🧰 use. It came with a toy car that got broken within less than a day. And that it is just an irritating noisemaker without the car.
I guess I will be ordering some AA batteries soon.
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#sonTwo said yesterday that due to medical issues, they’re not supposed to have alcoholic beverages except occasionally (that is, less than once per month), so they’ve pretty much gone alcohol-free.
This came in the context of me drinking a can of San Pellegrino water during our #videochat and him asking me whether it was beer. (No, alcohol is a great way to go to sleep, but I don’t even use it for that, as I expect it would lose its effect after a while.)
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Apparently, #A3 has had tantrum after tantrum today, so no #videochat.
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Planned to have a #videochat with #A1 and #A3 (also #A2, if he would be in the mood to talk), but it did not happen.
Planned to talk about Dog Man books.
This is a trick that he should have caught onto by now, but so far he hasn't let on that he figured it out. We talk about it and then within a week or two, he has what we talked about.
We talk about plenty of things that he's not getting, but we do talk about the items that will be in the box.
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Today, none of our usual Sunday afternoon #videochat sessions happened.
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Audio was distorted, but I did get to #videochat with #GS3 for a couple of minutes before bedtime. He asked me “wha you doing?”, then showed me his book and pointed out some of the characters. Then it was time to say good night. First he said “no, don’t go”, but then he was ready and said good night.
Reminds me of his cousin #A1, whose “terrible twos” was that he said “no” to his mom a couple of times. (He’s very much like his dad … we used to arrange “supervised rebellion” for #Daddy_A so that he wouldn’t wait until his thirties to disobediently try something.)
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During Sunday’s #videochat, I showed #GS3 two books I bought for #A1. He got a big smile on his face and said “books” in the clearest English I’ve heard from him.
So Grandpa went to Target and found three new books. I’ll try to ship this week.
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Did not get to #videochat with #sonOne and his family, nor with #Daddy_A and his family.
I did get about half an hour with #sonTwo and his family. They took #GS3 to a field with lots of tall flowers and he got to run between them. Then I walked to the store to replenish my #yogurt supply. When I came back, it was almost bedtime for the two year old, so we had a rushed session.
GS3 is particularly a fan of broccoli 🥦 right now, so they’ve been making sure he has a little every day. He also likes cheese, so tonight he finished his quesadilla while talking to grandpa. I didn’t understand a word he said until time for “bye bye” and “good night”, but he smiled and babbled. I suppose he was probably talking about the field trip.
#GS4 sat quietly and watched the screen where grandpa was. And smiled.
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We didn't end up having #videochat time today.
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Sent messages to sons asking to schedule short #videochat sessions tomorrow.
I normally have one with #sonOne and #GD1 and #GD2 (on rare occasions daughter-in-law pops in for a few minutes) Sunday afternoons, but recently, his work schedule has interfered.
I normally have them Fridays and Sundays with #sonTwo and #GS3 and #GS4 (sometimes daughter-in-law, but she's often busy), but we missed tonight's session.
Sessions with #Daddy_A, #A1, #A2, and #A3 are infrequent, and he often has device issues that prevent it. (That is, his iPhone and iPad don't display notifications or make sounds ... he even took the phone in for service; they couldn't correct it, so they replaced it.)
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I was waiting around to see if they'd put #GS3 on for a #videochat, but it is getting to be his bedtime, so I am going to take a walk.
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Now that the Internet is working again, I had hoped for a chance to #videochat with #GS3.
Last time, he wanted to read / recite from a book I sent him.
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Got a call from #sonTwo for Fathers' Day. #GS3 had too much excitement this weekend (yesterday's zoo trip), so a #videochat depends on how cranky he is after his nap. It was a hot day, too, so #GS4 was sleepy all day yesterday.
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