Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Poor Children


My children are the last kids in their town to have a "DS" (that would be Nintendo DS Lite handheld gaming system).
So they say.
And I can see why they think so.
A few weeks ago we walked into a waiting room in our town and there was a little 3-year-old girl in pigtails and maryjanes playing guess what? Yep, a DS.
The Boo looked at me nearly cross-eyed with a scrunched up face and pointed (German Short-haired hunter style). "See? Even she has a DS Mom!" he groaned through his gritted teeth.
So..... the poor children took matters into their own hands. Today, two of them sat down cut out a piece of paper (I do provide scissors, paper and the occasional wedge of crayon)folded it in half, drew a screen and a keyboard and carried them around all afternoon.
See, people, this is what I'm saying: If I simply provide them with the electronic, then I'm doing them a disservice. How else do I explain their wonderful creativity!

2 comments:

susi said...

genius. I knew there was a reason we were witholding technology. Thank you for backing us up. Very funny too. (German Short-haired hunter style)....I'm gonna remember that one.

Anonymous said...

Lol, oh they're so deprived! Great blog. I'm holding off on the Wii. I'm convinced it'll just collect dust.