A week ago when the husband and I took the iPhone plunge I excitedly loaded my phone with apps, songs, music, videos, and yes....a couple of episode's of my son's favorite tv show - Bunnytown and Little Einsteins. Today, I decided was the day.We had spent a very busy day at grandma's house and my 2 year old had charmed her and her friends, he was happy and easy all day. So for the 30 minute drive home I decided he deserved a treat. While sitting at a traffic light I whipped out the iPhone, instantly started up an episode of Bunnytown and handed him the phone. He grabbed it...looked at it a minute then me...I said "go ahead, watch, its a whole episode" he turned it horizontal to view it properly and proceeded to giggle away and watch the whole ride home.
I watched through the rear view mirror; I started to ponder the reality of this and was blown away! When I was his age (oh my goodness I've turned into one of those old people!!) but seriously in the span of my lifetime (mid-thirties btw) we went from black & white tv and rotary phones to tv on a 3 inch phone in your car?
Let's throw grandma into this scenario and, wow, it boggles the mind doesn't it? Ok, I'll be more specific - no such thing as TV, phones that require a local operator to connect you to your neighbor that you ask for by name to....downloading your favorite tv shows to a tiny handheld phone that can seemlessly play where ever you are! Dang!
I'm sure 30+ years ago we couldn't of dreamed such a reality...makes me marvel at where we'll be when my son is watching his son in the rearview mirror!
