Southern Crossings


Monday 10 October 2016

Ask Google

It's a feature I've avoided, being generally creeped out by the concept of talking to my handheld device. More precicsely, I am creeped out by that moment when my phone informs me it is listening to me.

But when I showed Sebastian how to ask Google a question on my new tablet, he was enchanted. He keeps coming up with new questions he needs to ask it, when we're drivng in the car, when we're walking down the street. And he holds onto those questions until we have an internet connection, and I can agian grant him access to this magical oracle.

"Okay Google" meets the insatiable curiosity of a four year old. It's a synergistic combination. Questions my particular four year old has asked Google so far:

Is there really such a thing as a volcano that sprays cold lava?
What are the Star Wars movies like?
What does it look like inside your body?
How do you make a tv show?
Is there really such a thing as a robot arm?

Question he came up with in the car on the way to Preschool this morning, and will no doubt be awaiting his chance to ask when he gets home:

"How do you make chocolate?"

It didn't matter at all that I was also able to offer him an answer to this question. After I gave  him my best answer, he wanted just as keenly to ask Google. Which is the point where I started to wonder if I was being obseleted by this new thing - a machine that can answer a four year old's questions, tirelessly, and without irritation.

I still am sometimes amazed when I realise that this isn't just the world my kid lives in, this is the only world he's ever lived in. This is not magic to him, or the amazing stuff of sci-fi novels made real. It's just everyday life. This tablet is just an ordinary household object.

Friday 24 June 2016

Being a Baddy



Sebastian being Darth Vader. This is his bad guy face.



So scary!

Marble Run



Sebastian's marble run course made with regular blocks. He got his 4 year old vaccinations yesterday, which is why he has the band aid on his arm.

Friday 17 June 2016

Movie time and new haircut



Watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Ange while eating popcorn out of a skull. Brand new haircut courtesy of Ange. Isn't it super cute??

Sunday 12 June 2016

More Birthday Photos



Sebastian playing shop at the Te Papa children 's area, selling us sweets. "You know these ones are better than these ones."



Sharing his milkshake with Daddy.

Thursday 9 June 2016

Birthday Boy



In his new bunny bath robe, opening his birthday chocolate. He was so generous about sharing that chocolate!



Sebastian and Daddy checking out his new marble run blocks.



New bike from Grandpa and Tutu

Preschool Cat



The cat that lives Sebastian's preschool, napping in the reading corner.