Love that technology - I can pose for a TPOD, talk to both Grammas, and watch Dora the Explorer all at the same time!

Dennis Kucinich volunteer still trying to raise $ for the presidential campaign.

A sign of things to come...

"Uh-huh. And then what did he say? What?! Ohmygod! No way! Oh, hold on - I've got Jessica calling on the other phone..."

"Hey Jess! I'm just chatting with Bonnie on the other phone! You'll never believe what Jacob just said to- what? NO WAY!!"

BArney do you want to take a meeting with Bob the builder?

"I'll have my people call your people".

Sell it, sell it! NOW!!!

Hello? Hello? Darn.. which phone was it that rang?

i dont know oprah, two nights in chicago sounds nice, but ellen is offering to send us on a cruise.

Is Trixie interested about phones - cell phones in particular. If so, what tactics do you use not to let her get to the phone or if she gets a hold of it how do you get it away from her. IMO, there should be a separate electronic gizmo line for toddlers. Our girls love the cell phone and they always fight for it.

Not a caption, but a warning...Maddie *loves* all phones. She tossed mine into the dog's water dish. My *new* cell phone. The one that took pictures. The one that had to be replaced. :-)

such fun to listen to hold music in STEREO...

and maddie's mom, i feel yr pain, alli-bug just drooled on mine, but after it dried out it worked again.

hannah stole my idea.... Now I can't think of a caption! heehee,

except that this is what will happen if you ever put your phone number online. Poor girl, posing for pics was hard enough but talking to adoring fans on the phone. Sheesh....don't do it!

ok I thought of a better caption....
I have nothing better to do with my time. After I posted the last comment I kept thinking about it and I was like no I already posted I should just let it be....but I couldn't.

Here it is...

The Trixie Party Line. After such great success with the website, Ben decided to cash in on the idea by creating a partyline where fans would pay to hear about trixie's day. "Ga ba doo da ba ga" Which means "Today I pooped all over the carpet"
People will pay big money for this!

Thanks for humoring me, now I can stop thinking about it.

Child Protective Services? Yes this is Trixie....Can you come get me? My father has the nerve to take photos of me when I'm sick!! im telling you, i'm gonna break that thing.

Aiden is obsessed with cell phones too, so dont feel bad...he only has broken one so far!

oops..that was me :-)

Can you hear me now?

(referring to jennifer's post)...

(1 minute later)
Can you hear me now?

She's obviously taking to Colum.

(What are the odds?)

"Can you hear me now?"

Verizon wireless

John: That is too funny!

Haven't come up with a clever caption yet.
I'm just waiting for Trixie to start taking over TTU and posting her own thoughts...

Jennifer: Sorry I did not realize you already posted this caption; I either missed it or it subconsciously gave me the great idea. I think Trixie would be a great "test girl" for Verizon. In the meantime, get well wishes to Trixie for her bug and to her parents for the sleep deprivation it has undoubtedly brought.

Great photo today! love the website Ben!- Jen/Rod emailed me to tell us to check out today's pic. glad my cell phone provided the much needed entertainment for trixie. it was good seeing you guys at satisfaction that night! -steph & bob-

There’s an article in the Personal Section of yesterday’s (01-13-2005) Wall Street Journal (I’m just catching up on my reading) about cell phone use among children ages 3-14 and the ongoing debate over concern for safety of mobile-communications devices.

I don’t want to go into any kind of debate here, but thought some parents might find it interesting. Personally, I find it funny…I don’t think I ever really used a phone (the old fashion landline kind, of course) until I *was* about 14!

Laughed at the following: “…making cell phones available to children ages 3 to 8 was ‘unjustified.’…children between the ages of 9 & 14 should place only brief calls on mobile handsets to limit exposure to radiation, out of concern that young people’s brains are still developing.” It goes on to say there’s no real research linking cell phone use with the effects on health (whew!), but advised that children should be discouraged from excessive use of mobile phones.

I’m sure Trixie’s call (to Colum???) was short & sweet! (Or this explains all the oozzing from her face.) Hope she’s feeling much better today. You, too, Ben.

My 13-month-old son also enjoys the cell phone, only mine, not the old one with no battery that's for him. I let him play with it on occasions that I really need to prevent a fuss. The other day, I was packing up to leave a friend's house. He quickly reached into my backpack and grabbed the phone. At that point it was easier to let him play with it for a while than risk wrestling him for it. After a few minutes, I hear a "hello?" from the phone. No lie: he'd managed to connect to his grandparents in San Diego. I was reminded of the cliche that given infinite time in front of a keyboard, a infinite chimps could recreate the works of Shakespeare.

In regards to the cellphone use of young children, My 4 year old uses my phone to talk to people when I make calls. Most people I know use their phones for long distance calls rather than their standard line. That would lead me to believe that that is when these children 3-8 are using the phones. I don't know about anyone else's kids but mine never has more than a few minutes interest in talking to anyone on the phone!

In regards to the picture, my son is actually one of the kids who is happy with an old cell phone to play with. We found a huge one when we moved and he loves it! It looks nothing like any other cell phone he has ever seen, but he still carried it around in his backpack for ages!

John: Is that really a coincidence!? That's pretty crazy and funny as hell.

As far as Trixie playing with the cell phone, she's allowed to as long as she doesn't press any buttons. If she does, we take it away and she hollers.

Ben: That was a real coincidence. We finally bought new phones after all these months (we've been wanting ones that allow us to turn off all ringers) and so I've been letting Colum play with the old handsets. Colum's photo was taken on the 13th, some 12 days after Trixie's was, but you didn't post it until the 14th.

Do your cellphones have "Lock keys" options?