Thomas has always been obsessed with the computer. If Heather or I are doing something on the computer, he has to come and sit on our lap. I found an online car game that he and I could play to keep him occupied and out of Heather's hair (he would just watch while I got to play--great excuse, right?). After a while that kind of fizzled out as well.
He already knows how to start and stop a movie that is playing on the computer. In fact, yesterday he and I were watching Cars and I kept trying to pause the movie and he kept running over to the computer and starting it up again. He also loves to move the mouse around and feel like he's doing something. Usually that results in our desktop getting rearranged, and sometimes things get moved into the trash.
So, yesterday I decided to let him play a game by himself. If you didn't know, he's obsessed with Teletubies on PBS. It's not unusual for me to get a call around 9:00 am to here about Teletubies. So we went to http://www.pbskids.org/ to check out the "little kids" games that they have. They have a whole Teletubies page with tons of games that he is now in love with. The best part was letting him "drive" with the mouse. He's gotten really good over the last two days, but my favorite was how literal he took something I told him yesterday. He was having trouble clicking on an icon so I told him to move the mouse up. Next thing I know he lifts the mouse straight up in the air, still staring very focused on the computer screen. I couldn't help but laugh.
He already knows how to start and stop a movie that is playing on the computer. In fact, yesterday he and I were watching Cars and I kept trying to pause the movie and he kept running over to the computer and starting it up again. He also loves to move the mouse around and feel like he's doing something. Usually that results in our desktop getting rearranged, and sometimes things get moved into the trash.
So, yesterday I decided to let him play a game by himself. If you didn't know, he's obsessed with Teletubies on PBS. It's not unusual for me to get a call around 9:00 am to here about Teletubies. So we went to http://www.pbskids.org/ to check out the "little kids" games that they have. They have a whole Teletubies page with tons of games that he is now in love with. The best part was letting him "drive" with the mouse. He's gotten really good over the last two days, but my favorite was how literal he took something I told him yesterday. He was having trouble clicking on an icon so I told him to move the mouse up. Next thing I know he lifts the mouse straight up in the air, still staring very focused on the computer screen. I couldn't help but laugh.
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that sounds like a "Peterism"
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