Apparently, the amount of time that I explore on my new Blackberry is having an affect on Ali. It started two weeks ago, to the point where Ray and I had to intervene!
She is now addicted to both her Tinkerbell flip phone and her Princess Blackberry. Seriously, it has a qwerty keypad and everything! Now, granted, both are toys that have no telecommunications capabilities, that doesn't stop her from having an imagination!
She pretends that she is taking pictures and is going to "send them to me." How would she possibly know that she can send me a picture on her phone. I guess that we am more verbal than we realize when doing the same on our phones.
It was absolutely adorable until it started to interfere with meals. She would not eat because she had to "check something on her phone". Or "someone is going to call me". She was absolutely exasperated at the idea of missing an (imaginary) call. That got me worried because it demonstrated an unusually high levels of anxiety for a three year old!
So, needless to say, none of us have our phones at the dinner table any longer. I am definately more aware of what I am doing and the impression that it may leave on her. I love that she has such a wonderful imagination, though! she even puts her phone next to ours on the charging console!
Watch out, she may be calling you soon!
