Big Brother is Watching

We're a techy family.  We can't help it, we love tech and the conveniences it affords.  Is the government listening to our lives - probably.  But we have to have cell phones and gmail - they probably already know everything anyway.  

All that to say - we're fans of Alexa and might have 4 of them all over the house.  Alexa in our bedrooms plays white noise while we sleep.  Echo dot in the kids playroom has been on holiday music for the past 2 weeks.  Alexa in the living room plays classical music while Miles does his school work.  She also assists in dance parties on the regular.  And helps Miles with his spelling.  

And now - Echo Show video calls my parents and it's the most amazing thing!  They have one in their kitchen and we just had coffee together this morning for 45 minutes and my life is complete!

I know there's Skype and Facebook Messenger has a good messenger (it's super fun with filters and stuff, if you haven't tried it you should) and iPhones can video call each other (I have an Andriod though... so.).  But all of those require a certain level of computer savvy that's not always convenient and easy for kids or grandparents.  

Echo Show is the perfect level of easy and convenient that I foresee coffee dates and dinner dates and snack dates with my parents all the time.  

Our lives are pretty boring, so I hope whoever is listening at Big Brother doesn't get fired for falling asleep on the job.