Say goodbye to my short live Kodak PlaySport waterproof camcorder

I felt a bit "unwilling" as I threw the camcorder into the garbage bin this evening. Well, this camcorder had helped me captured a lot of priceless memories. I even "retired" my Canon HD camcorder because of it.

Bought this camcorder in March. It was meant for our trip to Mexico and all the water fun in the summer. The camcorder was a strong well-built camcorder. The waterproof aspect of this little gadget was unbelievable. It was sucked into the lazy river filter and stay under water for a few hours before the maintenance crew helped us to retrieve it when we were in Mexico.

In May, Jacob jammed the SD slot when he was playing with the camcorder. He fully inserted the SD card in wrong direction forcefully. We were not able to pop out the SD card from outside. With little choice I had, I opened up the camcorder to retrieve the card. The pop out mechanism in the SD slot has already damaged, but I figured out the camcorder will still work with the SD card correct inserted. I can still read the content via USB cable.

I may have caused some damage during my first fix attempt. The camcorder continue to work well for a few months, until it experience read/write problem to the memory card. This time, I opened up the case again. Retrieved the old card, replace it with a new card. Unfortunately,  I accidentally punctured the case when I screwed the case.

Well, I damaged the waterproof feature. But the camcorder was still working. I still able to use it to shoot video. However, we still had the last water park trip to Calypso before we concluded our summer. So, I came up with an idea to seal the camcorder with the silicon seal that I used to fix my sink. Well, it didn't work out. The device failed after a few hours in the water. My bad.

Goodbye, my little gadget. You have served me well. It is me and Jacob that "screwed" you. :-)

2012 Summer: Jacob riding bike for the first time on 2 wheels

What a memory to keep!

Jacob's First CD: Go Fish Guys' Superstar

We bought countless of kid's CDs for Jacob in the past. Although he loves the songs, he never has a sense of ownership to any of them.

Mommy started to notice Jacob likes music with stronger rhythm in the past 2 years. Until recently, mommy found a Christian band "Go Fish" that plays children's songs. We watched the Go Fish's YouTube together and thought it was good. The R&B and hip-hop style music just attracted him that he watched it again and again with our Playbook.

We secretly ordered 5 Go Fish's CDs for him online with plan to give him one CD at a time. Jacob received his first surprise CD on Aug 20. You can see his eyes brighten up, followed by jumping up and down action. He was so thrilled.

This time, it is really his own CD.  He gets to keep it, and takes care of it. Daddy instructed him to keep the CD in the book cabinet. Every morning, he would pick up the CD from the cabinet, then play the CD all day long. Yes, he hangs on the CD case all day long too. Every night, he would put the CD back to the same place.

He knows how to carefully retrieve the CD from the case and put it on our CD player. He would replay his favorite songs as he likes it. After the last song, he usually pops out the CD and put it back to the case. He would do this many times throughout the day.

He brings his CD with him to play in the car every time we go out. He even packed the CD to his backpack the night before our Calypso water park trip last weekend.

Jacob is just 5. The fever has been going on for 8 days. Daddy just wonders how long it will last. Or this is just the beginning of the never ending R&B and hip hop music culture under our roof...