The things you do for your kids...

[dmm]

Just close your eyes and go to your happy place.

[Baron Grazic]

Take in a Wireless Notebook and surf here, portable DVD player, or worse case an iPod and turn the music up full bore.

[mrscrogg]

My daughter will be 13 in two months and celebrating her bat Mitzvah , where has the time gone ? I can remember holding her when she was first born and she couldn't even hold her own head up . Enjoy your children , spend time with them when they leave your home and protection for good all you will have are those memories

[Caduceus]

mrscrogg said:Enjoy your children , spend time with them when they leave your home and protection for good all you will have are those memories

As a father of two, I would hope to add that you'd have intelligent, well-rounded individuals who continue to respect you for raising them well.

[mrscrogg]

well said !

[Randallw]

I have a nephew who is nearly 3. In the afternoon he comes up to me and says

"Want to see bob/thomas on the puter"

I lift him up on my lap and go to the bob/thomas website. Then he grabs the headphones off my head.

"need them"

Then he watches as I do all the games and puzzles before crying out "cool" when I colour things.

later he walks through the house saying

"Randall!. Please take me out to see the chickens" which means I have to go out the back and watch him play.

Since he clearly hasn't started school yet I, and his cousin who lives interstate, are the closest thing to friends he has. But he's very polite and always says thank you when you do stuff for him, and it helps his parents for me to keep him occupied occasionally, like taking him to the park.

[Caduceus]

Randallw - check out nickjr.com which has a variety of games for pre-schoolers. My three year-old daughter particularly enjoys the Wow Wow Wubzy (I know) and Diego platformers/side scrollers.