Lately in the mornings she pads through the house still in her pajamas with an iPad in her hands, asking me if she can use it. It’s not really a question though, since she’s already sitting down, turning it on.
She: Can I go on Youtube?
Me: Yes, okay.
I wander away to do other things, and when I return, she’s got earphones on, turning pages, opening and closing browsers. It amazes me how adept she is, since she can’t read anything yet. But she always manages to find what she’s looking for: cooking channels.
Hilarious.
I glance over her shoulder now and then to make sure everything she’s watching is clean and kosher. So far, it’s always good.
She watches people build gingerbread houses, and ice cupcakes with all kinds of colourful confections and candied things. She watches some Australian dude make his own playdough out of flour and salt, and knead food dye into it. She watches a lovely Korean lady mix gelatin powders, colours and water, and turn them into gummy candies shaped like stars and dolphins. She watches a blonde woman build a massive three-tiered layer cake. It’s pink.
Sometimes she holds the tablet up for me, like a book, to show me all the fascinating stuff.
She: Look! This flower cupcake? She made these petal parts with gumdrops! Yellow ones. I just love the yellow ones. I think they taste the best.
Me: Wow! They do look good. How does she stick them on?
She: Look. *drags finger on screen to rewind* She dips them in the icing first so they stick. See?
Me: Nice!
She: And she used marshmallows on this one. It’s a sheep. *sighs* I just love marshmallows.
Me: I know. Hey, why do you like watching this stuff?
She: Because I want to see what the cookers are cooking. So I can know what to do. It’s important to know how to cook.
Me: That’s true!
She: So, I’m learning all about how to do some cooking. On Youtube. Is that a good idea?
Me: I should say so!
She goes from one video to another, completely mesmerized and happy.
And quiet. Which I reckon is never a bad thing.
Do your kids have interests that surprise you?
Love it. My daughter loves cooking shows, too – one of her favourites is Iron Chef. of course, her other favourite is Mythbusters, and she has discussed C4 at breakfast, but that one doesn’t surprise me at all…
Cool how they can pick up all this stuff, huh? I’m asking her for help all the time, it seems.
Yeah, the pink stuff… I just don’t buy much of it, I guess. Well, she’s got lots in pink actually, but maybe not many motifs? Dunno. The leggings were from Gap (sale) and we’re using them as jammies. White t-shirt on top from Old Navy.
Seriously, Jen – she said something about making whipping something into soft peaks the other day, and I just about fell over. She’s gonna have a thing or two to teach me in a minute, I’m sure!
She would love it, Village – especially if you break out some of your DRESSES to twirl in…
Isn’t it funny what they like? And there’s just SO MUCH OUT THERE! *shakes head*
I know. I know. 😉
I know the zoning out too, Jess… I suppose if there’s balance enough, it’s no big deal, right?
My kid is taking her cues from her older brother, so there’s lots of Angry Birds and Plants VS Zombies in the mix too. There’s so much amazing stuff, I keep wondering what the thing CAN’T do!!
My girls love the iPad too. And they are very adept at using it.
How do you manage to avoid pink clothes? Ava Scarlett looks so hip.
My kids amaze me all the time!
Oh, and I may need Ava Scarlett to come over and give me a few cooking lessons *blush*
I WANT your child- maybe Sara and I could share her.
Mine also LOVES the Ipad! She wants to watch her tv shows on it ALL. THE. TIME. Or the cartoon animals that repeat what you say….her cousin showed her those & they became a HUGE source of endless entertainment.
She also likes bejeweled & bubblebursting (even though she only sometimes “WINS”).
I was amazed to see how quickly she hs gotten everything figured out. She is also a big dinosaur kid so if she finds something with dinos….she’s “gone” for hours sometimes.
Thanks, Aileen – she is a cute little thing sometimes… I mean, when she’s not being completely ferocious. 😉
must…squeeze…child….
My 3 year old plays Total Miner Forge with her daddy on the XBOX 360, and they both sit there zoned for majority of the day. When she is not on the XBOX, she is on the PC, browsing KidZui and Zoodles, watching movies on Netflix, and loving all the activities. If not the PC, she is on the iPod Touch, “texxing”, listening to music, watching Netflix, making me download her new apps, (her fave app is Songify and I love hearing her creations) and taking pictures. My goodness, I’m only 27, but in my childhood days we had to entertain ourselves lol
Back at you and your Boy Wonder. And yes, wouldn’t Skyping just be HI-larious?! We should totally try that sometime. Hee!!
Oh Sara, I second that emotion!
I”m seriously in love with your child in case you were wondering.