This Generation

The other day up here at the trailer, I was fooling around with the built in stereo system.  Considering this trailer is only 11 years old, it's a little surprising that the built in stereo has a tape deck.  What's even more surprising is the fact that neither of my kids has any idea what a tape deck is!  And try to explain this when you don't have a tape handy...very difficult!

This generation, my kids generation, generation X's kids (I hope I got that right!) has no idea whatsoever about tape decks, 8 track tapes, corded telephones, typewriters....what else?  In a generation of techno friendly children from the age of 2 (seriously!) they have missed all the techno gadgets that came along before.  

And not only do they have no idea about these ancient gadgets, but they don't care that they don't know.  Naomi and Ben are not chasing me trying to find out what these gizmos were (do they even know the term "gizmo"?).  There is no running to the dictionary to look up their meaning, or maybe a photo of them...just a simple shrug of the shoulders and onto the next iTunes upload.

However, having said all this...Grampa brought some cottage games over last week.  We now have original Monopoly, PayDay and Yahtzee. Seriously.  The original versions.  And guess what?  Naomi and her pals play PayDay in the Secret Club House and totally love it.  Really.  They are in there for hours at a time playing...they make plans at the park for who's coming over to play next!  Hilarious.  For all that changes, somethings stay the same.

Keep smiling!

The Secret Clubhouse (aka the shed)