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My Newest Competition
Here he is! My newest source of competition for time on my PC, lol!
At 4.5 years old – the monkey is all over wanting to play “dot-com” games. Little Man wants to go to Cartoon Network like Big Brother does and play those games. We have had the argument more than once that he is not old enough, and Nick Jr. or PBSkids games are for kids his age and much more fun for him to play. I win, of course.
And now it’s a fight for the computer each morning. Last week i laid down the law. I get to be on the computer until 10:00am (after Dora). Then he gets his computer time – short attention span so right now it’s usually not more than 30 minutes. We do some learning games together, but he’s also kicked me out of the room with an independent “I can do it myself”. Good for him!
Slowly my kids are going to be taking over my PC, I know it. That’s okay, just means – I get the new one! 
Trick or Treat – Smell My Feet
A little background. Son #1, age 7, has been making up songs, and drumming with paint sticks on our old couch since he was 3. He’s actually pretty good, with his rhythm (always a rock and roll beat) and the tunes/lyrics he comes up with. Sometimes they can be a good glimpse into what’s going on in his mind, very telling. 
The other day he announced that I might notice his songs changing a little bit, because now that it’s Halloween his songs may sound a little more spooky. He then went on to let me know that there are only 2 times during the year that his songs will change – Halloween and Christmas. You’d love his rock n roll version of Jingle Bells!
No school today – so I’m listening to his newest Halloween song which he prefaced with “This one is more of a sill Halloween song. It’s called ‘Trick or Treat – Smell my Feet”! I had to stop what I was doing to share that here! He’s come up with words, a new tune and I’m just amazed at how well he does with something off the top of his head.
Proud Mom moment!
