I’ve been usurped. I’ve had to hand over my wand and crown.
I’m not the cutest parent in our house anymore. Rob is.
Because of technology.
Oh, I’m sure I’ll get it back because they love to laugh at me when I’m disciplining them. But for now, I’m feeling the sting of lost position.
For Father’s Day Rob received an I-Pod Shuffle. Now that little buggar is cute. (the I-Pod, well…Rob’s pretty cute, too) It’s the size of a book of matches. Do people still carry those? And it holds 248 songs. Our song diva (who boasts 3,000+ songs on her own I-Pod – the queen mother-sized one) loaded Rob’s tiny little music source, taught him how to use it and sent him on his way. But because he’s not up on the whole techie lingo, he’s cute.
So just because in our day we hefted music around on our shoulders, he gets to be cute. Just because we couldn’t afford a bomb box in the day and had to rely on really loud car stereos…he’s cute.
But I have to admit those dangly white cords and the head bobbing thing is pretty attractive. And I suppose he’ll let me borrow it every once in awhile. After all, I do know how to recharge it.
Hopefully they won’t ever get him a blue tooth phone.
4 comments:
Maybe I'll have to ask Rob to teach David how to use one. I bought David an i-pod for his birthday way back in December, and we haven't loaded a single song on it. I think technology can be intimidating... so we're still relying on the car stereos!
My first "I-Pod" was a trnasister radio with AM and FM on it, but the only rock 'n' roll stations were AM - and hard to keep tuned in. Sheesh. But just remember, it was my generation that gave y'all those tech-goodies you now have.
Oh well. I'm not all that cool blasting music in my Dodge Caravan either. I know lingo though. I can say, "Whatever" and "Shut up" with just the right inflection and use phrases like, "Sick nasty," "I'm stoked," and "the bomb."
So cute.
Well, I feel a little less alone.
Thanks for the comments, girls.
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