I bought myself a Kindle with the idea that I would have time to read a lot this holiday. It arrived on Friday just in time for my holiday. We arrived in Ballito today… and I have yet to use the Kindle.
And the reason… because Bradley discovered that it’s got a dictionary built into it. I showed him the dictionary, and he spent a few hours reading a book about animals and running upstairs to look up words that he wasn’t sure about. And then I bought him a Famous Five book by mistake (seriously it was by mistake, I got a sample to see if he would read the book on the device, and then pressed “buy” by mistake).
And guess what he did for most of the journey down to KZN? Read his book on MY Kindle. And in fact, after there was a tussle around Pietermaritzburg, I quickly bought a story about a dragon for Connor too, and the book read to him 🙂 using the “text to speech” function (thankfully he’s not that enamoured by it yet)
***sigh*** so now I’ve, in essence, lost both my favourite toys… my iPhone gets nabbed by Connor to play Talking Gina and Angry Birds as soon as he sees a gap… and now Bradley is reading books on my Kindle.
I supposed I should really get him one. Now that’s one device I really have no qualms buying the kids! Something to encourage reading.
My iPod touch left my hands the minute the boys discovered Angry Birds etc – so when I got my iPhone 4 after we got to the UK I made an immediate RULE THAT NO ONE TOUCHES MOMMYS PHONE OKAY!!!!? If we were to get an iPad the kids would just never surface again 🙂
ah man! how frustrating. you need to lay down some new rules for the holidays. read you must!
iPad…. Dream gadget. Absolute must… It’ll def have to come with new rules too. Hey, had I known u’re in Balitto we could’ve touched base so u could see my big lil duenjoy!yway, enjoy!
Bradley deserves a Kindle! but then again you’ll have to get Connor and iPhone!
I now understand the addiction to i-Gadgets since I got my iPhone. It might help my phone’s battery life if I actually invested in another gadget like a Kindle. Or iPad.
I never read much, until hubby bought himself a kindle. Truth be told I was a lot like Bradley LOL. Hubby never got to use his kindle cause I was always hogging it. I now have my own and I don’t share 🙂
Oh Jenty, and so it goes on…We moms have to share everything.
Kids reading is always a win!!