Home with the kids....

So, I thought it was time for me to get back on the blog after what seemed to me to be a very long 3 months. It is definitely a very strange transition to go from working full time to being a full time mom of 2 for 2 and 1/2 months. I just thought I would share a bit about my experience with my 4 year old during this time.

About 2 weeks after bringing my new son home I started to set my 4 year old up on the computer and started marking her sites under "Favorites". We started with Sprout Kids and Disney Playhouse and added; Littlest Pet Shop, My Little Pony, Barbie.com, Nick Jr., Noggin, Build-a-Bear, and more. What amazed me is how it took me 2 seconds to teach her the mouse, the arrow keys, space bar and how to work the "Favorites".

-By the way, the inventor of these sights was no dummy! When you favorite a children's site, a small icon (colored) is placed by it, so there is no need for children to be reading to go to the star and scroll down to the site they want to go to!

Anyway, I started her using the computer to try and get a little down time to spend with my son while she was occupied. I had no idea she would turn into a .com kid. She loves it and figures out how to do everything on these sites. I was truly amazed watching her figure out all the puzzles, games, coloring books, dot-to-dots etc.

She has since learned to spell: play, print, color, and more. She knows how to click the red X in the corner when she is done. She even taught her 6 year old cousin how to use the computer! I just couldn't believe the ease and speed that she picked it up. Why didn't I do this sooner???

Anyway, the other day Grandma came over to visit and my daughter said, "Hey Grandma, I want to show you all of my .com stuff on the computer. Grandma what do you like?" Grandma told her that she loved gardens and gardening to which my daughter responded, "Grandma, I bet they have a garden.com, let's go see."

At 4 she already realizes the Internet can offfer everything. It has been an awesome 2 months watching her mind work :)