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Christmas is a little blip in our year-long pattern of overconsumption of educational and fun stuff.
Same here! We also do Christmas the first day of winter break, because I'm opposed to wasting a week of break to boredom, when it could be spent having fun with new stuff.
DD7.5's getting: - Laptop (Acer-Aspire Laptop / AMD V-Series Processor / 15.6" Display / 2GB Memory-Mesh Black-AS5252-V333 from Best Buy). Was going to be a 10.1 inch netbook, but I was unsuccessful in snagging one at a good price, so got this for ~$50 less than the netbook I'd wanted.
- Printer (Epson-Stylus 420), only because it was $10 when bought with the above laptop. And a second printer (HP Deskjet 1050, $20 from Walmart), which might end up being donated to her classroom instead of given to her - I just couldn't pass up the "deal."
- Fleece pullover hoodie and matching fleece gloves from the Children's Place sale
- Two Life of Fred books, which may be saved for her birthday, or for pulling out at random on a day she's feeling mathy. Books just seem to get lost in the shuffle at Christmas, and I don't know that she's quite to the point she'll enjoy them. Although she certainly enjoyed The Number Devil despite not having nearly enough math background to follow the explanations.
- FlingSmash for Wii, only because it comes with a Wii Remote Plus, and was cheaper than a Wii Remote Plus.
- Active Life Explorer for Wii. My parents have the predecessor game and like it, and this is supposed to have a better controller.
- Music for the lap harp my parents got her.
- A chess strategy book . She can beat me reliably with no strategy, because I suck at chess. But that also means I can't give her any pointers beyond "OK, now if you move that piece, I'm going to get your queen," followed by her saying "No, you won't, because I just got your king." My parents have loaned her my dad's really nice wooden chess set.
- A red flashlight, for reading in the backseat of the car after dark.
