September 8, 2007 by Barbara.

Reid announced that she wanted to write an email to Grandma (she didn’t specify which) the other night after supper. I told her that I’d get the laptop set up for her as soon as soon I’d finished eating. Reid went straight to her easel, though, and started “writing” with her markers. She talked as she wrote about where we’d been and what we’d been doing lately. Then, she got her scissors and made some cuts in the edge of the paper. When I told Reid we needed to go up to the tub, she told me that hadn’t finished the email to Grandma yet. I hear older people speak of writing people a “letter” when the mean sending an email. Reid, though, is a “digital native” and her words work differently.

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September 8, 2007 by Barbara.

When Amanda was over visiting recently, I asked her if she wanted something and spelled out the “something”. Not missing a beat, Amanda said the word and then said, “yes?” Something like, “You said,  ’cake’ and what of it?” Ken and I laughed and told her that we spelled words when we didn’t want Reid to know what we were discussing, not when we wanted to test our friends. It’s funny the things that are sort of reflex for parents and just odd for people without kids.

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