Face Time

We had a lot of fun with Face Time feature on our iPhones last night. It's one of the reason's I bought the iPhone for Mommy and me in the first place. So being out on the road was the perfect time to put it to use. I haven't seen the kids in a week, and was really starting to miss them. 

So the way it works, is that the phone has a camera in it, and it also picks up wireless internet. So to use Face Time, you have to be in a place where there's a wireless internet signal. Once the connection is made, you can see the person on the other end, and they can see you, and you talk via speaker phone. 

It was a little glitchy at first. My picture kept freezing up and Evan would say, "You're freezing daddy! You're freezing!" We lost the connection a few times, but all in all, it's pretty amazing technology. I grew up hearing that in the future, you'd be able to see each other on the phone. It seemed so far off and futuristic. For my kids, it will be a completely normal part of everyday life. Crazy. Evan and I mostly just made faces at each other and laughed. Evan had a toy hammer and was pretending to hit me, then I would fall down as though he hit me through the phone. He thought this was hysterical. I gave Eliana kisses and she gave them back. Worth the price of admission right there. 

I'm in Champaign, IL today, heading for Chicago tonight.