I can only imagine how a four year old mind processes the concept of the internet. The world wide web did not come into existence until I was in college and yet now kids of the current generation are growing up in households where there are multiple computers and smart phones logged onto to the WWW 24/7.
It is difficult to explain to Cole how these gadgets work as I myself only have a very simple working knowledge. He understands that new games come from my "puter" and I plug my IPHONE into it to download them. He comprehends that Mommy and Daddy's "puters" have different movies and games (he prefers Dave's IPAD but who can blame him!?).
Anyway, the other day when a package arrived from the UPS man, Cole inquired what was in the box. I told him it was his new comforter for his big boy bed, as we had just finally gotten around to buying him an awesome bookcase bed frame; poor kid has been on a mattress/boxspring on the floor since he broke his arm at 20 months. He remembered me showing him it when I ordered it as he said "mommy, it is the same one that was on your "puter"". I agreed and thought nothing more of it.
A few days later, Cole wanted to look at race car tracks on the "puter". So I googled NASCAR and came up with a few sites including some items on Amazon. When he saw the Amazon site, he got all excited. We flipped through a few search pages and clicked on a few tracks to look at them in detail. He pointed at one and said "I like that one" but we continued on looking and eventually he lost interest and walked away.
The next day, Cole kept asking about the postman and when he was coming. It was an odd question since he had never mentioned the postman previously. I just thought he had a new found interest in when the mail came. Finally, his anticipation was bubbling over and he blurted out "well, mommy, you clicked on the "puter" yesterday so my racetrack should be here soon right!?" It was an "a-ha" moment for me as I realized that maybe I shop online just a wee too much.
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