Old School Style

Last summer when we went to Michigan, I spent some time in my parents' basement going through all the books they still had from when I was a kid, taking out anything I loved and wanted to bring home for Caleb and Beckett. There were a LOT of Berenstain Bears books, which Caleb has recently fallen in love with, and a few other really old-looking books, very 80's style. :)

So today during quiet time, Caleb had come out of his room to use the lavatory and on his way back to his room he decided to get a book from the shelf. He grabbed this.



Seriously old school, right?? You guys remember these books? You could SEE the pictures while you HEAR the record and READ the book. :) I love that he's getting into famous literature so early, but the best part was as he stood in his doorway, he opened the book and something fell out of the very back. He held it up to me with this confused look on his face, like 'what is this?'

It was the record! Can you believe it?? Over 20 years old, maybe more, and the record is still in the back of the book. I started laughing when I saw it, and Caleb looked at me and said, 'Can I come downstairs and watch it?"

I was like, 'Buddy, this isn't a DVD. It's called a record. You listen to it." And I was going to say, "y'know, like we listen to a CD in a CD player," but then I remembered that he's never seen a CD in a CD player. He's only ever seen iTunes and my iPod and the iHome.

So I described a record player, and told him you put the record on and put the needle on it and then you hear it, you listen. And he said, "Yah, let's do that!"

I about died. I was like, "Sorry, kid, mommy and daddy do not have a record player."

Anybody got one laying around we could borrow?