Angry Birds! (2-22-11)

Cash (and the rest of America apparently) is obsessed with Angry Birds! I didn't understand this preoccupation with a slingshot, variously sized birds and "Are they smiling at me because I didn't beat this level?" pigs until last night, but that's a future blog. (3-11) A few years ago Ryan and I went to a Parent Forum and the keynote speaker spoke on the challenges our newest generation will face with all the new technology bombarding them, the media in front of them, and so on. He gave some ideas on how to stay "connected" and raise children minus the "gimme" effect.

Idea #1: Have children "earn" things like their computer or t.v. time, you don't even have to say that is what's happening, and it can be the smallest thing, "Let's pick up those toys and then watch some t.v." or in our case "Let's go poop in the potty, and then you can play "Angry Birds" the goal being that you instill into your child with a little work we get rewards, so can you guess who went poop?

I'll cut the suspense, it was Cash, dad just has to remember how to share! :)

Idea #2: Sooooo excited to try this starting this year when Cash turns 4. For your child's birthday you give a list of activities to do, say once a month, and they check them off as the year goes on. You also put on one DU, destination unknown, a surprise place to take your child. The speaker said when he went to visit his son in college his son planned a DU for him.

Baby on the other hand is going to be the unfortunate recipient of 2nd time around parents. Where some say with the second one they can eat off the floor, stay up late. Um, sorry baby Ryan but not true. Not only is he not going to be in on the Angry Birds scene for many years to come, he will wait longer for t.v., waited longer then child #1 to try juice, and so on. At least he has 101 toys to keep him occupied!