Caleb the Computer Geek

I really just want to test out my ability to upload videos to this site.:) Joe has wanted me to take a video of Caleb on the computer so that we can look back and remember. This isn't the greatest video, since Caleb isn't really much of one to "perform" for the camera (and I kept needing to hurry him so that my video wasn't ten minutes long). This game used to be his favorite (although these days he prefers to find ways to "cheat" at the game to make it more interesting), but he doesn't play it as much anymore. He guess he just wants to be on to bigger and better things. :)

Around 18 months, we started to realize that he was ACTUALLY moving the mouse where he wanted it to go, and not just playing around with it. These days he is continually installing new toolbars and using up Ammons "free" demo minutes of games he plays and such...Joe even made the icons on the desktop disappear in an attempt to thwart the little guy, but he is no dummy...he simply uses the "start" menu instead to get where he wants. He has actually memorized the words "Yes" and "No" so he knows which one to push when it asks him. I didn't realize that he knew these words until my Mom was here and asked if he could read. I laughed her off (he really DOESN'T know how to read!), but then I did some tests with him (very professional...I wrote down the two words on paper in different orders and places and asked him which) and found out that he seems to have memorized the patterns that the words "Yes" and "No" form. I do not believe he is "reading" them...I think they just seem to be shapes like any other shape a two year old will learn. They are just the Yes shape and the No shape, instead of square, circle, etc. Anyway, I think he learned them so that they can help him in his nefarious work! Every game seems to have options where he has to click yes or no.

In the early days, he always wanted to play this particular game, but I was worried that it was too hard for such a little guy...okay, I admit, sometimes I can't figure out the patterns *blush*. This game really isn't my strong suit! I tried to get him to play easier games, but he would always immediately exit out of those games and get back into this one. I guess he knew what he was doing, because after trying for a week or so, he figured it out! This video is terrible quality, but here he is anyway at 26 months playing away on the computer.