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Kids Say the Darndest Things

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

From Wednesday Mom – Janelle:
The past three years and almost 10 months of Jack’s life have proven he is his daddy’s son.  He has been intrigued by computers, phones, movies and anything with buttons.  I can remember letting him use my iPhone at age two and watching him navigate right to an app for ABC flash cards.  I quickly learned that a lot of kids are becoming more and more exposed to such things and it’s now common.

This week is Spring Break at Jack’s school. I made a giant “to do” list of things that need to be cleaned and organized.  The first and most important one on the list are the heaping mounds of toys. Some days, I have anxiety attacks with the number of toys that swamp our house.  I try to pick them up throughout the day, but strangely more appear right before my eyes.  I started to go through bins, boxes, a toy chest and drawers.  I asked Jack what he was still interested in.  Of course, every toy I pulled out he HAD to play with that minute.

After a couple hours of organizing, I started to get a bit overwhelmed with where to place things, which child is currently playing with what toys, toys that must stay far, far away from Tate and toys that are too advanced for Tate, but as Jack would say, “Babyish” for him.  It was a losing battle in toy land.

Just when I thought I was at my wits end, Jack made a funny comment that gave me perspective.   My parents bought Jack a toy laptop for his 2nd birthday.  Lately, it’s been one of his favorite toys since he can play (and win) games on it and do some other educational lessons.  He picked up the laptop and sat on the chair.  He asked me, “Mommy, how do you make toys”?  Before I could give him an answer he said, “I’m gonna Google it.”  I broke down in laughter.  At first, I couldn’t believe he even knew what Google was, but quickly realized that his daddy and I often say that phrase. It was just the laugh I needed to calm my nerves.

Two lessons learned: One, kids repeat everything. Two, I think I’m going to have another computer connoisseur in the family.