Don’t Take The Mickey With Technology

(My mother is not good with technology. We are babysitting my two-year-old nephew and nine-month-old niece.)

Nephew: “Grandma, I need Mickey Mouse!”

(Mom puts down my niece to try and find a remote.)

Mom: “Umm, let’s see, how do we do this?”

Nephew: “Grandmaaaaa, tell Grandpa. I need Mickey Mouse!”

Mom: “How about you ask your uncle?”

Me: “No, I think the little peanut has got it.”

(My niece is on the floor holding the remote and pushing buttons. The TV comes on with a Mickey song playing. My nephew starts dancing to it.)

Mom: “How did she do that?”

(My niece, all smiles, starts humming and strumming her lips with the remote.)

Me: “Well, mom, she isn’t a year old yet and she can use technology and sing better than you!”