I concur with eema above smile. I get excited when I see what they can do, I think what about this. It is so obvious when they don't want to do it that I back off or I invest in cool programs but then we have no time to use it because we're too busy doing other activities.

Anyone else end up with lots of "educational" toys sitting in a corner wink. I would think how cool, but my kids preferred the real world or would already be past point of needing whatever the item would bring (leap-pad, leapster, that type of thing). I ended up donating things...Maybe this post will save some new parents some bucks.