Daily Archives: December 22, 2020

Family, Photo-A-Day

The 2020 Family Photo Ornament

2020 Family Ornament
Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00722

Each year since 2009 I’ve purchased the Hallmark Family photo ornament. I’m wish I had been buying these ever since 2008. As we were decorating the tree Eva was giving us some grief that there was not baby’s first Christmas ornament with her on it. We have two of Andy but none of her. I don’t know why we don’t have one of her when I took 26,000 photos of Eva in her first year. I guess some scouring of eBay soon will be in order.

When we were deciding which picture to use we did consider using a photo of all of us wearing masks. That would represent 2020 but in the end we used the photo of all of us in or Christmas pajamas because it was the best family photo we had for 2020.

Technology

Get Kids A Great Gaming Club Membership With Connected Camps

Game Design Course in Minecraft: Create Mini-Games Playtest Together

Connected Camps provided us with a five week Minecraft course for free to check out their programs. Opinions are my own.

This year Andy has become very interested in Minecraft. He loves to build and has a great time doing that. He also loves video games and computer class is his favorite. Coding is another topic that he is interested in learning more about. We signed him up for the Game Design Course in Minecraft: Create Mini-Games Playtest Together. He enjoyed playing with the other student. They got to make a game together and then try it all out. Over the five week course he learned many things including how to deal with players who were better than he was. That was a hard thing for him but he got through it.

the nice thing about connected camps is that they offer many clubs including Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft, Overwatch and Rocket League. They now have Among Us clubs too. If you are looking for a last minute Christmas gift for kids in your life they are running a special right now. Use promo code ‘CLUB40‘ to get 40% OFF on all club purchases. Must use before 12/26/2020.

The signups for the school are handled through Outschool which is a platform that we have enjoyed using in the past. Eva’s done ASL classes and now Andy has done this Minecraft course. Once your child has signed up for classes they can participate on special weekends and other events. There are holiday themed Minecraft building or gaming events. The kids can play on safe servers with Connected Camps counselors.

There are several themes for the Connected Camps programs. They have Community, Esports, Exploration, Arts and Technology. There are so many options for kids to explore as part of Connected Camps. So if you are looking to give kids an incredible experience for Christmas sign them up for a course through Connected Camps and they will want to come back for more.