Monday, September 15, 2008

TJ: Train afficionado and You Tube fanatic

Most of you know that TJ has loved trains since around the age of 2. Rather than outgrow it, his obsession has only deepened. I tried to hide news of the train crash in Los Angeles from him, but he caught the end of the news tonight, and had lots of questions. I have no problem answering his questions, but he tends to be a nervous kid, and can dwell on scary stuff. We'll see what happens there.

Anyway, Bill (for some reason) decided to show TJ that there are lots of videos of trains on You Tube. TJ, of course, was fascinated and wanted Bill to show him one after another after another. Bill got bored and explained to TJ how he could click on related videos off the to right once the current video is done. So, this is TJ's big thrill. He has Bill get him started and then will sit here for up to an hour watching videos. (We use this as a privilage for him, and we do limit how much time he spends on here.) I don't really worry about him seeing anything inappropriate. You Tube is pretty well moderated, and besides, if TJ ever clicks on the wrong video, he immediately starts yelling. The other day, he somehow got stuck on a Tiger Woods video. Not sure how he got there, but Bill thought it was pretty funny.
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I've got to get some more pictures up! I have some new family pictures I need to scan in first, and I also have to see if I have the capability to post video. You haven't lived until you've seen video of Sam 'dancing'!

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