[Livsh]

DH and I are the biggest scifi watching - fantasy loving geeks! For example both he and I read Lord of the Rings when we were 10 and recently had a 2 hour debate about who would win in a firefight - the Enterprize or an Imperial Star destroyer.

I have to admit to trying my absolute hardest to indoctrinate my kids into geekdom...they got a millenium falcon for christmas this year and their favourite show is clone wars - which we decided was a good gateway program into full sci-fi fantasy.

So last night I had three of my proudest geek-mum moments -

DD was looking at the Hobbit movie companion book she got for Christmas and could name ALL the dwarves!

A little while later DH was playing with a transformer with her and said - "DD, how fast can you transform this transformer"...DD replied "it's not a transformer it's an Autobot" and then proceeded to transform it in less time than it would take me to pull some things and get frustrated and go and find some wine!

DS - who has previously shown a penchant for scifi and loves starwars - sidled up to me, leaned in close, and in a throaty voice whispered..."My preeeccciiooouuussss"

Join me in a Geek-tacular!

[Giltine]

Oh I hope it rubs off on DD! DF and I are complete and utter nerds.

DD's too little to choose what she's into yet, but I did buy her a "Geek in Training" T-Shirt and two "Geelking" onsies for Christmas.

[countrymel]

I hope so!

I have managed to subtly exert my influence on my nephews so far.... I had two moments of unabashed joy when I was staying with them last.

1) when my smallest nephew asked if I wanted him to read to me (as a reluctant reader this caused thinly veiled delight to his parents and I) out he toddled with his STAR WARS READERS!! - my favourite was 'Han and Chewie - friends forever'! "I KNEW you'd like them Auntie Countrymel!"

2) older nephew struggling with a rubix cube he had bought at the school fair. "Auntie Countrymel, how fast can Uncle DP do a cube in?" my BIL looks up "Why did you ask that? Do you think Uncle DP the smartest person you know?" (slight tone of jealousy in his voice)
"Ummmmm..... " and sweet nephew quickly changes subject!


*for the record DP is a software architect/programmer - patterns are his 'thing' my nephew was right on the money, DP IS good at things like that - and kudos for noticing I thought!

[lsolaBella]

My boys took until 5 & 7 to be really Star Wars. The Lego Padawan menace and empire strikes out were good starters for them. They then happily watched all 6star wars films.

Jabba the Hutts palace and millennium Falcon were the best Christmas presents. dS1 still upset he did not get the big AT AT walker or Death Star.

Sorry, neither DH or I were Hobbits LOTR fans.

Countrymel love the nephews.

DS2 is showing a great thing for patterns and puzzles. I am very proud.

[HollyOllyOxenfre...]

I'm assuming part of it is genetic. DH is already trying to get DS listening to Weird Al, and we've had discussions on when he can start watching Monty Python.

This is also very important

[poss71]

I don't know, but I'm sure hoping nerds produce nerds. I'm a nerd, with a geek DH, who loves all sorts of boring geek things lol.

Mum was with the girls yesterday and DD2 (nearly 4) chatted to her about monotremes, having misheard a radio safety announcement about 'monitoring'.

They also love playing Dumb Ways to Die, Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher and the Muppets' Mahna Mahna song on YouTube. Eclectic.

DH has taught them the appropriate response to "One day, lad, all this will be yours."

All in all, a good start I think...

[lsolaBella]

HOO my kids were kept pure and their faces at "I am you father" were priceless.

[Sunny003]

I'm so totally a non geek. DH is a geek. Two kids and counting are semi geeks. It's star wars, clone wars, superheroes everything here.

I've Learnt to nod & smile and pretend I know who Captain Rex is hahahahaa

[i-candi]

DH is a geek, he builds his own computers and they are always being changed. Currently he has water cooled with clear side panel and lights inside with whatever parts I'm not sure lol. He has three monitors with a special stand he bought to hold all three, it took him ages to line them up perfectly.

DS gets the 'hand me down parts', he also has a water cooled computer with clear side panel and his tower is like some sort of army colour/design. For Christmas DH put a Geforce GTX690 graphics card in DS computer !!! it was a kind of hand me down

When we went to the USA we bought DS a t-shirt that says 'talk nerdy to me'. DS and DH read so much on the internet and come up with the strangest facts and weaves them into normal sentences.

DD has not inherited the geek/nerdyness - lol she just cracked her iPod screen while outside on her scooter, she is rarely on the computer. She however kick a*se on stage with whatever she does - oracy, poetry recital, singing and dancing lol

[Sif]

Yeah, we're an entire family of geeks here - our brands are Doctor Who - first and foremost (my youngest can recite and reenacts entire episodes), Star Trek (old and new), Star Wars, LOTR (haven't had the finances to see The Hobbit, but DS13 took it upon himself to read the book last year). Minecraft (not Dh or youngest, but the other three and myself), and the list just goes on and on...

I got it from my parents. My mum carried a Star Trek passport in her purse for many years (and I lived in fear she would be hit by a bus and people would search her handbag for ID), and then the other day I found this book amongst the library of books she's currently storing at my house...



I definitely think it's an inheritable trait...

This post has been edited by Sif: 03/01/2013, 11:37 AM