This is What Happens When You Ask a 12 Year Old to Help With a Review

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So as I posted last night, we were given the opportunity to review the BlackBerry Playbook. I wanted to discuss how great it is at helping students stay organized and do better in school, but didn't just want to type out the boring facts. Cue my 12 year old. He fancies himself an actor and is even in drama this year. Oh boy. It was quite an experience trying to have him do a video review of the PlayBook. Did you know boys can giggle just like girls?

He started out by staring at the screen for like 5 minutes and then he turns to be and says "I forgot my lines." What lines kid? There are no lines. So I tell him "Just talk about how you use it and what you like about it." We get through one take and it is pretty good, except he keeps calling the thing the "My Tab." Well, since we have been using the PlayBook for weeks and I don't even know what a My Tab is, that could be a problem.

So we go to start the second take and right before the camera turns on, he starts snorting like a pig to clear his throat. I said something about it and this is what ensued. Yes, I did make it worse by snorting on purpose and specifically asking him about the "my tab". If you listen, you can hear all the boys cracking up in the background.



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Kathleen is a homeschooling mom of four boys with a serious case of the Wanderlust bug. Her love of travel extends to her children, and has resulted in the family visiting 48 states to date, and traveling nearly a third of the year. She is the owner of LifeWith4Boys.com where you will find information on Family Travel, recipes, reviews, lifestyle and more.

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21 comments

  1. Heather September 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    Love watching families play together. Way to rock the work-life balance Mama!

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  2. KathleenSeptember 7, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    Thanks! Once he started giggling, I figured it couldn't hurt to have fun with it, so I just started snorting.

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  3. barbSeptember 7, 2012 at 10:30 AM

    Love it Kathleen...I love doing this with my girls too. :)

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  4. Kenny FensomSeptember 7, 2012 at 7:22 PM

    haha that's pretty cool

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  5. mommy2luke2008September 7, 2012 at 10:39 PM

    That was too cute! Love that he is helping you out, and having fun at the same time!

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  6. UnknownSeptember 8, 2012 at 2:20 PM

    Aw, Joshua is darling. You guys had a lot of fun filming it, I can tell.

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  7. sgumerSeptember 8, 2012 at 4:18 PM

    nice. i got a good laugh.

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  8. CourtneySeptember 8, 2012 at 6:39 PM

    Haha cute :)

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  9. HarmonySeptember 8, 2012 at 9:55 PM

    very cute. you guys made me laugh :)

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  10. mkjmcSeptember 9, 2012 at 6:08 AM

    Great laugh to start my day~

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  11. Tammy SSeptember 9, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    That was very cute. It's the small things like this that build great memories.

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  12. Masshole MommySeptember 9, 2012 at 12:15 PM

    That's so cute and it's awesome that he was willing to help you out :)

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  13. MichelleSSeptember 9, 2012 at 11:45 PM

    haha , glad that you can get your children involved in your blog.

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  14. ariespranataSeptember 10, 2012 at 6:17 AM

    Hahaha.. that must be so cute.. It's very lovely indeed having fun with our children! :D

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  15. Anne - Mommy Has to WorkSeptember 10, 2012 at 2:01 PM

    Haha! I should try this!

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  16. Jenn@Sweet T Makes ThreeSeptember 10, 2012 at 3:49 PM

    Hehe. I always loose it on camera too. Thus...no vlogging.

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  17. LeilaniSeptember 11, 2012 at 1:45 AM

    Lol. That was cute!

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  18. Tricia NightowlmamaSeptember 12, 2012 at 1:16 AM

    they can be pretty entertaining can't they. My 11 yr old does the same thing its crazy

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  19. ToniSeptember 12, 2012 at 8:55 AM

    Oh that was too funny. his little laugh had me giggling over here. That was great!!

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  20. HilLesha O'NanSeptember 12, 2012 at 2:47 PM

    That is hilarious! So cute. There's definitely need to be more reviews like that. This is why I hardly do any vlogging. I totally forget what I have to say. :)

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  21. AnonymousNovember 16, 2012 at 3:41 PM

    That was really cute! I have a 12 year old girl so I can appreciate 6th grade silliness!

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