Jennifer's 365 Project

We took Quinn to the mall a little after 8:30am today to let him run around. He really enjoyed running between the stores (which were all closed) and the play area. We will definitely have to take him early on a Saturday again. Normally we take him on Sundays and there are several people already there with their kids, but this Saturday morning it was just us and mall walkers. And he really enjoys following mall walkers. At least for a few minutes until something else catches his eye.

It's gotten a lot harder to read much of anything since having Quinn. I'm used to being able to have at least an hour, usually two, of uninterrupted time to do whatever I want. And that just doesn't exist now. So when I am reading, its usually in bed and I fall asleep after 2 pages.

It's taking me forever to read this book. F.O.R.E.V.E.R.

I've found myself listening to a lot more audiobooks than reading anything, simply because I can do that while driving to and from work.

Crazy stuff happens at home when I'm at work. Crazy, silly stuff...

Quinn surprised us both by really enjoying chili tonight. He likes pasta, but mostly for the noodles, so I was surprised he slurped down so much tomato sauce and beans. Even hamburger, which he normally throws off of his tray.

Messy though.

So, so messy. He even put some in his ears.

Seriously, this cat is so tolerant of the changes this last year. He's gone from stress grooming to the point of having no fur on his stomach, to running around hiding from a crying baby to finally hiding up slightly out of reach and just ignoring the little toddler running around. Plus now he's able to get his cuddles in the evening again, which go a long way to making his day, I think.

The weather is great so Chris and Quinn were able to play outside during the day. Hooray for warm weather!

This kid can be such a ham sometimes. We met Adam and Comfort this afternoon for a walk on the trail behind our house and this little guy wandered around posing for photos.

We walked to a new (to us) park to let Quinn run around and play with other kids. He's really still too small to do things on a play structure unsupervised, so we end up being the weirdos chasing him all over on a kids play structure, but he has a good time. Since he's so mobile for 14 months I want to make sure he's getting opportunities to continue to improve his coordination and dexterity. Plus new things are fun!

When I logged in this afternoon to my Displio account I noticed that several of their pre-created widgets that you can load onto the device were reordered and some had changed. So they're definitely working on correcting the broken ones. They also had responded to comments on their Kickstarter page noting that things weren't working properly.

On a whim I thought I'd try the Twitter widget again, and lo and behold it worked this time.

I'm still a little disappointed that the multiple screens aren't working yet (each side is supposed to have it's own screen), but it's obvious they're working on correcting some bugs so I'm hopeful that feature is forthcoming.

Originally when I'd backed the kickstarter last year I had thought I could leave such a device lying around on my desk and it would update with different info I'd programmed it with. Now a year into having a kid and I barely sit at my computer desk (although I'm hopeful that will change) so for now I've just been setting it around in random spots.

I really think it would be a fun device to have at work and maybe someday, if some bugs are worked out and they ever roll out the mobile apps. For now it would just be more hassle than it's worth, especially since it's wifi driven and wouldn't talk to my phone via bluetooth.

Still, it's a neat device. You can program your own widgets in javascript so I'll probably have Chris help me with some things since he's more familiar than I am with js.

Lots of fun with Scout this morning.

The Displio I backed last year on Kickstarter arrived today. So we spent the evening after Q went to bed playing with different settings. There is a serious lack of support on their website, and not everything works yet, but it's nice that the device is finally in hand after over a year of waiting.

Nothing is safe, not even the kitchen counter.