Wednesday, January 30, 2008

'Kinz Kraze




You haven't lived until you've seen Webkinz.  These very cute stuffed critters are a few more dollars than Beanie Babies, but they come with a secret code to their own website and offer endless fun.  (I know, I should work for them.)

Each animal gets its own room, so once you have an account, you keep adding rooms to your "house".  You can clothe them, feed them, accessorize them, decorate their rooms, read virtual books with them, take them to the arcade (oh, so many fun games!), send them to school...you name it!  My sister-in-law has said that Facebook is "gaming for girls", but I'm here to say, THIS is gaming for girls at its finest!

Check out Ben's tiger riding around in his little Chevy, and sleeping in his racecar bed.  (Of course, there's also the cat with the baseball room, the dog with the beach room...you get the picture.) Well, if you'll excuse me, I've got some (ahemmm) work to do before the kids get home.

P.S. It took a mom with little kids (way to go Lainey!) to answer the question of what had Ben and Bethany so preoccupied that I could snap all those cute pictures in the last post. She recognized the "Webkinz stares" right away!

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

A Study in Delight


If you asked me who my kids resembled, I would tell you different sides of the family for each. But the reality is, they look like each other.  Their expressions, the way they turn their heads, hold their mouths, the way their eyes light up.  It forever amazes me.  And then I always laugh thinking about it because of the way Ben describes it in this post from last year.  

Now here's a challenge for YOU...guess what they were doing while I was having this snap fest. Click on the photo to get a closer look.

NEW HINT:  Notice the furry clues in the photos.

Saturday, January 05, 2008

New Things




Last night we went to the mall to walk. There was a game the kids wanted to play after we were done, and it just happened to be right outside a kids' clothing store that has great clearance sales. I took each of the kids in for a turn to shop for some clothes. It was the fashion statement I'd managed to avoid for more than eight years. Camouflage. They both chose it, each independent of the other. What's a mom to do?



Earlier in the day I had taken them to shop with their Toys "R" Us gift cards. Bethany picked out an electric guitar with two microphones. So today the "Wildcat Band" spent the day rehearsing for their first concert. Good thing they had chosen matching costumes.


So now I'm laughing at myself for wondering if there would be anything new to add to my blog in 2008. :-) Happy New Year!