Le sigh
By the time Christmas lunch time arrives tally will have received the majority of items on her list (not a long one) except the robot dog (obscenely expensive) or the baby doll (i really don't think she'd use it, she loves real babies and totally adores Libby but I just don't think she'd do the toy) purely because of having a birthday this week.
Lila, on the other hand, is losing out big style. The flutterby fairy she wants has such universally appalling reviews that I am NOT forking out £30 odd for it. The boogie board jot that she wants is so one dimensional that I think it would also be lots of money down the drain. She also isn't getting an £80 robot doggy and my brother its getting her the baby doll she wants.
Of course what she really wants its a tablet but we said not until she was seven.
However - I'm starting to cave. I started by looking (yet again) at leap pads. Yet again? Well, the main leap pad has one major thing against it - it's for right handers. Both my girls are lefties but the leappad stylus is attached on the right and the string its too short to stretch across to the left hand side effectively. I know. I've tried it.
I looked at the leapstergs which is touch screen with better reviews and no lefty issues, added to which it's in sale at Argos. But of course there is the issue of the leappad app cost. I popped over to their store. Hmmm.... £5, £7.50... £20!! Per app! Holy crap no!! Talaia's tablet is android based, signed on through my Google account and she swaps and changes her apps regularly. I'm not paying those prices for each new app!
On doing research I discovered a kid friendly android tablet with a crayon stylus and parental controls... It's £60 so I'll talk to Rich about it in the morning but I do think it's the only thing that will make Christmas morning sparkle when she doesn't get the majority of things on her list.
Any thoughts? X
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