Smiling Mom

“Mom, do you know that Mar­tin Luther King Jr.‘s birth­day was Mon­day?  Ya, and it’s impor­tant because he has the same face as Barack Obama!”

“Yes, he’s an Afri­can Ame­ri­can just like Pre­si­dent Obama.”

“Ya, and did you know that Mar­tin Luther King Jr. tried to ride a bus that light tan peo­ple were riding on? And the dark brown peo­ple were not allo­wed to ride it and they kic­ked him off!!??”

“Really??”

“So Mar­tin Luther King Jr. sol­ved the pro­blem and  just made ever­yone dark brown so then they could all ride the bus!  Isn’t that cool??”

“Yes, very!”

The con­ver­sa­tion BC had with me the other day was so sweet and inno­cent.  But I think the thing I enjoy  the most is that having this con­ver­sa­tion made me appre­ciate even more that we live in a com­mu­nity where my kids are surroun­ded by peo­ple of all dif­fe­rent colors, beliefs, and orien­ta­tions.  And my kids will grow up to know that no mat­ter who a per­son is and whether or not you have the same beliefs or skin color, peo­ple are peo­ple and we can all get along.

For that I am so grateful!

A day to remember. 

What an inte­res­ting con­ver­sa­tion bet­ween John Ste­wart and Mike Huc­ka­bee.

There’s still time to enter the Leaps­ter Didj/Hannah Mon­tanna soft­ware giveaway!

Well you’ve come to the right place!  Recently I atten­ded a Leap­frog Event and wrote of my expe­rience.  Then I ente­red a Didj givea­way and won one for my Sis­ter in Law, Ali­son.  Yey!

Well, as all this was going on I was also in con­tact with a gal from Leap­frog who offe­red for me to host a Didj givea­way on my own site!  How cool is that?

This week I’ll be giving away a Didj Gaming Sys­tem ($89.99)  plus Han­nah Mon­tana soft­ware ($29.99).

To enter to win, please:

1.  Leave a com­ment in my com­ment sec­tion.  The com­ment but­ton is loca­ted above my post just under the title.

2. When promp­ted, leave a valid email address.

3. To be ente­red twice, please link to my post in your own per­so­nal blog and leave an addi­tio­nal com­ment with the link.

Com­ments will close Sun­day, Decem­ber 14, 2008.  I will announce the win­ner Mon­day, Decem­ber 15^th.

Ever­yone is eli­gi­ble.  Now go enter!!

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Didj™ Cus­tom Gaming Sys­tem
Currently avai­la­ble | Ages 6 to 10 | MSRP: $89.99
The Didj handheld is the fi rst grade-school sys­tem that lets kids create the
game and parents cus­to­mize the lear­ning. Using the inc­lu­ded PC– and Mac­com­pa­ti­ble
Leap­Frog® Con­nect Appli­ca­tion, pla­yers fi rst select and per­so­na­lize
an ava­tar. Then they design the game, choo­sing back­ground sce­nery, color
sche­mes or music. Most impor­tant, parents and kids can then cus­to­mize con­tent,
con­nec­ting game­play with school­work. Mul­ti­pli­ca­tion hard to mas­ter? Kids can
choose to be quiz­zed on the 6s, 7s and 8s tables. Spe­lling a stum­bling block? Kids can create
a cus­tom spe­lling list from the 10,000-word data­base and prac­tice for next week’s test.
Con­ti­nuing the stan­dard set with the Leaps­ter® Lear­ning Game Sys­tem, the Didj handheld
auto-levels, adjus­ting games to children’s par­ti­cu­lar skills and pro­gress, so pla­yers are
appro­pria­tely cha­llen­ged. All this is deli­ve­red in a sleek unit off ering the high-quality graphics
and clas­sic game­play that kids demand.
The Leap­Frog Con­nect Appli­ca­tion allows kids to move spe­cifi c curri­cu­lum con­tent for each
game on and off their Didj handheld—just like mana­ging digi­tal camera or MP3 fi les. Every time
pla­yers con­nect the Didj sys­tem to the com­pu­ter, the points they’ve ear­ned for correct ans­wers
upload to become Bitz usa­ble for enhan­ced cus­to­mi­za­tions. Best of all, each time parents con­nect
the Didj sys­tem to their Mac or PC, they can view their children’s pro­gress along LeapFrog’s
pro­prie­tary Lear­ning Path, avai­la­ble at leapfrog.com/learningpath,