What’s the impact of all these smartphones on kids? Sometimes they just want to remember a particular rock, so they ask you to take a photo of it. I’ve noticed different responses from Huff and Puff about smartphones. Puff wants to see what’s happening on your phone and what you’re reading (often without asking), while Huff wants eye contact and attention, unless the camera is on, in which case she wants to be silly for the camera.
Dad looked after the kids over the weekend while Mum had a weekend away (well, an overnight stay) with some other mums. We went out to the library, where Huff read Dad an entire book (so that Dad would then read Huff an entire book), and we borrowed a stack of other books for later. There was then some driving, and then some tears about not wanting to get out of the car, then more driving (back home), and then – after some time for everyone to calm down, and have snacks, it was time to tidy the kids’ room, and discard some old toys. We spent over 2 hours going through different things. Huff found a new temporary-favourite toy… a stretchy rubber skeleton she dubbed Mrs Skellibean.
Oh, and we had pizza for dinner and watched more Mythbusters reruns.
Sunday morning we had pre-church breakfast in a cafe. Huff was still keen on reading different things. She’s coming along well as a reader, starting to believe she can do it.
It was Huff’s choice of cafe (well, she wanted a cronut, and it was up to Dad to figure out the rest of the details.
The kids were glad when Mum was back home again, and happy to see the lollies she had brought back home.
Oh, and we’re also reading a new kids Bible – The Child’s Story Bible – it’s more words than pictures, and there are some bits where it’s showing its age (1935) but it’s prompting good questions from both kids.