little cat had just about killed the old laptop, pulled off most of the keys with such force that they never quite went back on properly. covered the screen and keyboard with goo. stuck his mitts in the cd drive so many times that I very much doubt that was working anymore. add to that the same problem as with my last three laptops had started to happen - the adapter won't connect properly unless you wiggle the lead around until it eventually blows up the motherboard - I decided it was time for a new one.
so with this months profit from www.tinyminds.etsy.com I got myself a nice refurbished much cheapness one.
and it's lovely.
little cat has already pulled one key off but they seem to pop back in fairly easily on this model so we all good.
and on the same day that one new toy arrived I also got my new phone.
mmmmm new phones. haven't had one of them for ages.
tis an LG secret KF750 with a five mega pixel camera which makes everyone look a wee bit ill... one of those annoying it tries to focus for you and just when you think you have taken a really nice photo it has that delay thing and you have actually take a big ole blur but it more than makes up for it with lots of cool features like panoramic shot.
and breath.
I likes.
it very cute.
and as for the screamapillar... I think little cat is aiming for getting to the terrible twos a bit early. he's discovered the power of the scream. fab.
I say "please to stop jabbing me in the eye with that pen" (he does love pens) and he says "no I shall not I like to jab, I shall jab" I attempt to pry the pen from his grasp. he very strong. this takes a while. I have the pen. he says "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa WAAAAAaaaaaa" and so on.
sometimes with added waving arms around for effect.
the waaa will last until he gets the pen back, something of equal or greater value or he gets bored of screaming (which takes rather a long time)
I tend to go for the swap. so now I have your pen but look, kitten, okay not kitten but slightly less sharp pen for you to continue your jabbing with.
tis much fun.
and he has mastered the walk now as well. this weekend he was for the first time ever more walking than crawling. no longer confined to the edges of the room he is free to roam the middle no furniture to cling onto bits. with the added bonus of being able to have both hands full.
which makes for interestingly hurty fallovers.
ah toddlers. adorable but dangerous and wobbly. like slightly violent but very affectionate drunks. flip from "you know what? I love you, I mean I really really love you" to "did you steal my pen? wanna fight? I'll have ya".
bless.
tis even more cute when he sleepy. toy soldier boy has found that when little cat is a bit sleepy he can say no to him and he will immediately burst into tears. which probably shouldn't be used for comic effect but it really really is funny.
course I also gonna tell everyone that little cats dad makes him cry for laughs, the big meany.
but point and say no and the little one just crumples into tears and buries him head in the nearest soft person. a cuddle soon sorts him out tho.
you can also get him to pull funny faces in the mirror now. he truly the best interactive toy you could imagine 
