Some of you may or may not be familiar with Twitter. For those of you that are, skip the next little paragraph; for those of you who aren’t, you probably won’t understand this (my husband sure doesn’t) but here’s a quick explanation:
Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that folks can use to simply answer the question “What are you doing?” You are allowed 140 characters to catch friends up on your breakfast choice, bestow wisdom upon them, point them in the direction of something cool you found online, catch up on breaking news (sadly this is what I have resorted to in order to stay in the know) and the best thing Twitter is for? - staying connected to friends.
I have been using Twitter since January and I’ve “tweeted” close to 700 times (I swear I still have time to do actual work.) Some of those tweets are directly to folks who follow me (approx. 375 people), some quite literally answer the question “What are you doing?” and some are a form of free-association therapy that I should really consider filtering more. Graco has even started using Twitter to give car seat safety tips once a day as part of our recent Ready for the Road Ahead campaign. But since I’m a mom and a lot of other Moms are following me, I write a lot of kid stuff - minutia that’s really too short for a blog post but too cute not to share. Sooo… over the last 9 months that I’ve been on Twitter, I thought I’d share some of my favorite tweets:
- I got my 1st unprompted “I ♥ You” from my 2 yo DD complete with a hug and back pats. All together now – Aaawwww…
- 3 1/2 yo DS is very excited for soccer to start on Saturday. He slept in his shin guards last night.
- DS just called to tell me he speaks Spanish now. “Do Do Clalla, Uno, Dos, Sha Sha” Hmmm… I don’t know some those words…
- Walked back from the beach with 2 year old. Took almost 45 minutes. I love vacation. No hurry for anything…
- DS said he wants to go to school naked today. Isn’t that a nightmare? That is supposed to be scary, not fun! I’m a little concerned…
- Last night my DS was trying on new pants – he pulled them up and said “PERPECTO!” That’s 3 1/2 for “perfect fit” I guess.
- Singing and dancing with 3 yo DS. Instead of singing “Momma Rock Me” he sings “Momma Rotney.” So cute…
- DH has a gig tonight. DS observes- “Daddy’s job is for rocking” Right on!
- How do you avoid the mullet look when 20 mo DD’s bangs are too long, she won’t keep barrettes in and I can’t bear to chop the curls in back?
- DS just declared “he had a great nap!” after being in his room for 7 whole minutes. It’s going to be a loooong day…
I’ll be doing a follow-up post featuring some of my favorite tweets from the folks I follow. And if you’re on twitter but I’m not following you, leave a comment and I’ll be sure to follow!
I love Twitter! It takes up way too much of my time!
I’m pretty sure we’re already following each other.
Ok I am now going to have to check out twitter….. Thanks for sharing
I love twitter too, it’s fun and a great networking tool. I’m psmom did I miss where you said what your twitter id was?
Yes- I totally should have said – I’m @LindsayLebresco and I am doing the Ready for the Road Ahead Twitter Tips at @GracoRoadAhead.
I’m now following you so follow me back! Thanks for asking!
I’m totally into twitter now
I finally signed up for twitter but still can’t keep up w/it all!? Facebook, twitter, blogging…aaahhhh!!! LOL Any advice on how to consolidate
So when do you want to get the kids together?