Leapfrog gadgets

A few days ago, I decided to get Rachel the Leapster2, Charly a VReader and River (my niece) scribbler to help her write the alphabet, the homeschool mama control freak in me wants everything my girls are doing throughout the day to be educational for when we dont have all day to do book or whatever. Rachel has zero patience and has been really ticked that  hers had to be taken back to walmart because the touch screen didnt work and now we are waiting to see if the new 1 does, if it doesnt I will be sure to let yall know just in case any of you were planning on getting it for your kids. The Vreader is awesome and will hopefully be a big help to us in our mission to teach Charly to read (shes in Kindergarten) also if you do buy these gadgets, dont bother buying the books to go with them because inside is a code to get most of them online instead of buying them for $20-$40 a piece, of course they dont tell you that on the box. 

Moving to West Virginia to finally be close to my family has been a challenge. Starting over somewhere new is hard on anyone and getting jobs when everywhere in town seemed to be laying off didnt make things any easier, but now that my hubby is workin after being the stay at home dad for the first time in our 9 years together, things are finally lookin up. This family has never been in the technology loop, I guess you could say up until 6 months ago I didnt even know what facebook was (yeah I know, hard to imagine life without it) the closest thing we had to something high tech. was a playstation that only worked when it felt like it.  So anyways we are finally trying to get caught up in the hoopla of computers, Wiis, and cell phones that slide!! I know what your thinken, weve been living under a rock, but really to be honest other things were more important. But now that we are finally in a good place in our lives, I think its ok to do a little sumthin extra for the kids and we are thinking about getting them a Nintendo DS just to say we love you. We have worked so hard to get where we are and finally be to a point where we dont have to constantly worry about what tomorrow will bring.