Kids and Kindles

While back ago, my nine year old son seen the commercials for Kindles. Austin knows his momma is a reader (you would think the mountain of books around her computer is a clue and how she hits the books section), so he turns around and asks

"Mom do you want one of those?" He points to the television screen.

It's really sweet that he thinks of me, but I shake my head. "Aust, I already have one. Mine is more white than black-gray."

"Oh!" Then he thinks for a bit and out of the blue. "Can I have it?"

Of course now I am laughing. "Nooo, because it's the only one I have!"

I know why he asked. This past year and some, hubby has convinced me to upgrade on a few things like my cellphone. My 12-year-old got my prepared phone. So the little gears in his head moved, thinking if he asked first and being the only child so far in this household who reads (My oldest has no desire) he'd get first crack at it if I upgrade.

So, I thought the matter was forgotten/closed/zipped. Well, I thought wrong! Hubby was browsing on Amazon when he called me over. He tapped the screen at the kindle on display there. "Austin wants one of those. He said with the money he gets from the income tax he is going to buy one. I told him he can't buy it at Walmart."

Austin can be... tenancious and single minded about things. That he did NOT drop the idea but ran behind my back to his father did not surprise me.

"So are you going to buy him a kindle?" Hubby would not put that much money to an electronic that may not get usage. I thought I should ask.Part of me fears it is just Austin wanting the electronic. He would soon learn that you can not play games on an ereader and his interest in it would wane.

"Not the kindle but the hundred dollar reader I seen elsewhere." I thought that was fair. See how he would treat the ereader first before upgrading to him to something like the kindle/Nook whatever.

Then hubby goes "I hope you are ready to order him some books." Oi!