This was once a lovingly handmade Christmas ornament. Gold paint = tasty. Also non-deadly, according to the Poison Control hotline. Thankfully.
I always thought The Gingerbread Man was a pretty horrific story, given the fact that they EAT HIM in the end. I guess I am not alone. Looks like I have a budding book critic on my hands?
That bastard letter Q. Always throws me off my Scrabble game.
This loss rankled the most. I walked into the room to see Alexandre Dumas's face winking at me in horror as Lu waved him around in her flailing hands. "SACRE BLEU! AIDEZ-MOI!" My 10th broken Kindle in two years. Get the warranty, folks! Worth every penny.
I keep remembering the feeble little baby we visited in the NICU nine months ago. Who was so weak she could barely cling to our fingers. It seemed so impossible that she'd ever catch up to the other infants, that one day our tiny Lulu would be rolling and crawling and mischief making like the rest of them.
That seems a VERY long time ago, indeed.
Ugh! This is another reason why I'm so "IDK" about eventually having children.
ReplyDeleteI remember you having had some problems with Kindles in the past, but you've gone through 10 in 2 years! That's almost one every 2.5 months. Do they naturally just break that often? *Rethinks getting an ebook-reader*
D--I honestly don't know what my problem is. Everybody else I know has a Kindle, but they don't seem to have any problems with them. I use a padded case, am very careful (usually!) to keep it safe, don't slam it down or take it out with me...so I don't know! Maybe I have a weird force-field around me that disrupts the material properties of electronics?
ReplyDeleteAnybody else out there had bad luck with Kindles?
Is an accident like this (accidental unknown incident with a baby?) even covered by the warranty? I thought usually warranty on electronics just covered if the product decided to die on it's own.
ReplyDeleteHopefully it is. I've been putting off getting one since most of what I read is from the library and if I do buy a book I usually want to keep it, not just read it. What version of the Kindle do you have?
Message me when you get a chance and think about that audio-project you were thinking about a while ago.
I JUST had a 4yo led to me by the hand to confess that she pulled all the pins out of my latest sewing project (I know I shouldn't leave my sewing projects within reach of the kids, but seriously, she's four, she's supposed to know better by now. She DOES know better). When asked why she did that, she replied, "Well, it was distracting me."
ReplyDeleteKid got off the hook by making both her parents burst into helpless laughter. Again.
D: All accidents are covered under the warranty (I guess, unless they can prove you broke it on purpose or something?)
ReplyDeleteLouise: That made ME laugh, too! When Lu destroys things, she can only look very adorable and try to sway me that way (usually works!)
God. James hasn't started crawling yet. I'm in for it, aren't I?? (And your baby is adorable in her mischief-making. Good thing mine is cute too!)
ReplyDeleteAwwwwwwwwwwwww that's one funny path of destruction ;)
ReplyDeleteYou just convinced Mr. Whimsy to buy a warranty for his new Kindle Fire.
L.A.: Lu isn't even officially crawling yet, either! More like dragging herself from breakable to dangerous. :)
ReplyDeleteJuju: Then my work here is done!
He did it! He bought it. Thank you. I know there's a "Thank God We Listening to Cath" in our future.
DeleteIf this was Facebook I would click on 'like'. But I'm evil like that. I have also "been there, done that".
ReplyDeleteI knew this post was building towards some drama and then bam! your kindle was destroyed. Too funny/sad!
ReplyDeleteOh my, she is getting into everything, isn't she! The Kindle warranty does sound like it's a good idea!
ReplyDeleteOh my!! I was shocked at the Kindle loss. Shocked. What kind of baby destroys an e-reader and a Richard Scarry book? the cutest little mischief maker baby, that's who!!!
ReplyDeleteHah.I should send you a picture of the window pane in our family room. Also - FYI - when you buy the fancy Crayola markers that will only mark on the special paper? Babies can bite the tips off. Quickly.
ReplyDeleteACK! I wouldn't have even though of that. SCARY.
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