Friday, January 1, 2010

Christmas at home

Before going to bed on Christmas Eve, the girls kept track of where Santa was on the NORAD Santa tracker on the computer.
Santa left Jaden & Morgan a camera each!



A new game for her Leapster from Grandma Leslie & Grandpa Lyale- Jaden (above) & Morgan (below)







This was Jaden's favorite gift (of the one's LeCount & I gave them). It is a paint your own tea set (above) & I gave LeCount some Cowboy's Crocs (bought out of season, so only $10 shipped!)


We gave the girls educational toys as their big gifts. They each got a Leapfrog Tag. Morgan got the Tag Junior, and Jaden got the regular tag system. Jaden's is an actual tool that helps her learn to read (and makes it fun!!)





This Christmas the girls got mostly educational things. They already have Leapfrog Leapsters, so they received a few new games to go with them. I found some great deals on Leapfrog.com, and was able to provide a lot for just a little cash. Two of their leapster games were completely free, and another two of them were only $2.50!! (These are games that usually cost $25 to $30 a piece!)

Their Tag systems I found really cheap, too. I got Morgan's on Amazon.com for $15 shipped (regularly $35), and Jaden's I bought from Leapfrog.com for $30- It was the Dr. Suess gift pack (regularly $65). I got Jaden the Learn to Read book set. It is 12 books that teach letter sounds and words. It is even cooler than I imagined it would be, and Jaden loves it!! It works well with the letters and words she is already learning in school. The Tag Junior that Morgan got is not so advanced. It only reads page for page, so it's not teaching sounds. However, Morgan loves that she can read her books just like Jaden!

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Books to read:

  • Diary of a Mad Mother to Be by Laura Wolf
  • Diary of a Mad Bride by Laura Wolf
  • The Nanny Diaries by Emma Mclaughlin and Nicola Kraus
  • Love in the Driest Season by Neely Tucker
  • Restavec by Jean-Robert Cadet