like mother, like son

while i was doing this:

he was doing this:

sigh.

and a question - i have an old typewriter.  and i want to be like the cool kids and use it to journal on my pages.  the ribbon that's in there is on it's last legs....  where do i find a replacement??  can someone who's done this help me out? i can't even figure out how to open the top to look at the ribbon.

eta - pics of the typepwriter. =)

i heart it.  i picked it up at least 10 years ago at a garage sale in my neighborhood..  for $5. =)