When Aidan was around three, he used to beg me to let him play on the computer. He loved the games on all the kiddie websites, but after minutes upon minutes of me having to navigate the computer and the games with him, I started to discourage computer time.
Yes, I am not all that patient when it comes to kid centric computer games.
Griffin has never shown all that much interest in my laptop, but yesterday he asked if he could play on it. Since I was desperate to shower (uninterrupted!), I brought up a website of kid activities, shows and games to get him started. I doubted it would hold him for long, based upon my experience with Aidan at the same age, but I hoped it would buy me some time.
After a few minutes of playing around, Griffin seemed to have the hang of it. Stretched out on my bedroom floor in front of my laptop screen, he switched from games featuring Dora to Diego, Backyardigans to Yo Gabba Gabba. He was a tech wizard! After I got out of the shower, I even had time to run downstairs and throw in load of laundry.
When I returned to my bedroom, Griffin looked up and yelled, "Mom, I can even watch movies on this thing!" Sure enough, he had dialed up an episode of his very favorite show, Franklin.
And he needed not a word of instruction or assistance from me. The third child is scary that way.
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