The computer

In the the car tonight, Gillian asked "Can I have my own computer?" I laughed and said "What are you going to do on the computer?" She said "Reading Eggs. I do Reading Eggs in technology. I want a computer to do it at home." I said "You can use my laptop. Just like Johnny does for his homework." "Can I do it tonight?"  I can't say no to that. So I agreed if she had time after homework and bath she could use my laptop. Well it turns out that she had a hard time using the mouse on the laptop so we went downstairs to use Daddy's computer. 

She sat and played Reading Eggs (it's an online program for kids learning to read)  for twenty minutes before bed. We will make sure she has some time tomorrow to play too. 

Astronauts and Computers

I woke John up this morning. I said to him, it's a school day. He said "I know! I just don't wanna go to school. I don't like doing all that work!" I said you need to go to school. Remember you told me one time that you wanted to be an astronaut. It takes a lot of school to be an astronaut. "Yea. I know. That's too hard. I don't wanna be an astronaut." I said ok then what do you want to be? "I just wanna be a disco dancer!" I was not expecting that comment, but I explained to him that he still needed to learn how to read and write. That way he could read the contracts so he could dance on TV. My plan backfired. He says "Fine. Then I won't do anything!" I explained to him that he needed to go to school so one day he could have a job to make money. That seemed to make sense to him, because he got into the car and said "I'm not mad at you anymore!"

Today in the car on our way to school, John asked me "What's the tallest building in the world?" I told him I wasn't sure, but when we get home from school we should ask Daddy. I told him, Daddy can look it up on the computer. He said "Ok! I'll remember." Gillian says, "I have a computer!" Gillian has a LeapFrog laptop. It plays music and when you hit the letter keys it tells you an animal that starts with that letter. So Gillian says "I have a computer!" John looks at her with a straight face and says "Ok, what's the tallest building in the world?"