OK. Just an update. Finally got back to this. Have it installed and mounted. Kids like it!

OK. With some nudging from @sdetweil , I was able to get things fixed up. Have the analog clock instead of digital, have a clockface with regular numbers so they can start learning how to tell time, got rid of the newsfeed and moved the compliments to display at the bottom instead of the newsfeed.

Next steps is to add more words through a local file and then maybe install a module to pull some pictures from a public feed or maybe some select pictures from my google drive.