Showing posts with label teenagers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teenagers. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Diving 101

This past week Jordan and I have gone to the pool several times because it's been warm outside. T-Rev hasn't joined us because he's been on "Live" with his X-Box 360 every chance he gets and is incapable of communicating with people face-t0-face and actually getting physical these days. Unless, of course, you consider "Mom, stop nagging" a form of communication and the walk from his room to the refrigerator a form of getting physical. And, of course, the trek from his room to the garbage can is totally out of the question...


Anyway, back to swimming with Jordan. Even though I personally have NEVER dived and am VERY AFRAID of going head first anywhere or anytime, I have decided to teach Jordan how to dive. Um, ok... I first told him to get on his knees and then to lean head first (with his arms leading the way) into the water. He seemed ok with this so I next told him to do the same thing while standing. After several attempts, he seemed to be ok with this. Finally, I told him to get a running start and to jump up and dive into the water... He's yet to master this move. Maybe I'll sign him up for a class or something. I love to see people dive and it's so cute when a child does it. Who knows, maybe I'll sign us both up! Here's a video of him showing off his diving moves from reverse learning order... ;o )

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

iPhone but T-Rev doesn't...


So the new iPhone 3G came out this past Friday, July 11. My son T-Rev has been anxiously awaiting its release and even sold his $300 iTouch (which he bought in February) for $100, and sold several $60 video games for $10 each so he could use the money for the iPhone. Kids these days have NO concept of money... Anyway, it seems as if everyone who missed out on spending $500 on the first generation iPhone is now clambering to spend $200 on the iPhone 3G. I have called every single Apple and AT&T store in the Bay Area and the only store I could find that still has the 8G 3G in stock is the Apple store on Stockton in San Francisco. However, there were at least 50 people in line when I went there yesterday afternoon - 3 days after the iPhone went on sale! Needless to say... T-Rev still doesn't have the iPhone 'cause there is no way I'm standing in a line of 50 people to buy my 16 year-old son a phone - even if I could kill time surfing the web, making phone calls, listening to music, and sending emails on my now-ancient first generation iPhone... Ha!