Life with Technology, Babies, and a Precocious Preschooler

In January, I attended a workshop through Southern Savers to learn how to become a better couponer.  Since then I have been using my our inkjet printer to print out the coupons that I do not have a paper copy of.  Well, if you have an inkjet you know that they eat ink.  Recently, we found a laser printer on Amazon for a great price so we decided that it would be a great investment to buy it. It will pay for itself since it was just over $55 with tax on Amazon.  It shipped quickly and I received it yesterday.  My husband is the tech guru of the house. (After all, IT is what he does for a living.) He is always the one that installs anything tech that enters our house.  After he got home for work, we ate dinner, took care of two kids, and both took turns going to the gym, the installation of my new printer did not happen.  I decided, well I have two college degrees, surely I can install a laser printer.  I followed the steps precisely, with my husband just a text away, and succeeded in my goal.  Woohoo!  I was so excited for myself!

My daughter, Amelia, decided that the box that the printer arrived in is the best toy in the world. Who needs fancy toys when your mommy can just sit you in a box and you can entertain yourself? She has played with that box all day long!  Amelia is not quite to the point of crawling but she has scooted herself across the floor all day making sure to always have the box in her reach.  It has been a drum and a place for her brother to play peek a boo with her.  That and the jumperoo are her favorite toys in the entire world!

As for my precocious four year old, he is always amazing us and making us look like the dumbest people in the world.  In 2012, we decided to move back home to Chattanooga from Nashville.  Due to a quick move we decided to rent a townhouse.  For some reason, whomever built these units put lots of useless light switches throughout the house.  We don't even notice them anymore. Yesterday, I texted Tim at work and said that we would need to call maintenance as soon as he gets home because our heat is not working.  The panel just kept flashing the word filter so we thought it just needs a filter change to start working again.  We know nothing about things like this.  Tim went to make sure the pilot light was still lit since the heat is run by gas.  Just before we call maintenance, Tim decides to look at the heating unit one more time in the closet.  Alex walks over to his dad, and tells him if you flip the switch it will work dad.  Alex flips the light switch in the closet and like magic our heat is back on.  Once again, he has saved us from looking stupid to the maintenance guy.  We are both college educated and it took a four year old to show us how to turn the heat on.  We are positive he will be going to MIT one day!