I stayed up late last night doing this.  After following the instructions to the best of my ability, I was able to get everything into the new case.  It appeared to work, until I found that the touch screen was not working.  After opening it back up and going back through the instructions, I realized that I had not followed one of the instructions properly and I had broken the touch screen.

Since this has been an open issue for a while and both girls worked for their Nintendos’, I feel I still need to do something about this because Cassie does not have her own Nintendo DS.  Having them share the one working DS is not fair to Cassie.  Giving Alex’s working DS to Cassie (without any other concessions) is not quite fair to Alex.  After speaking to my mom about this, she came up with…

Give Cassie control of Alex’s Nintendo.  Give Alex a chance to get it back by doing the same thing she did to get it in the first place (read 100 books in a month).  Once she reads the books, her reward is to get her DS back and I give Cassie a new one for Alex’s effort.  While the DS is in Cassie’s control, Alex can use it at Cassie’s discretion.  If Alex decides not to work to get it back, Cassie gets Alex’s DS to do with as she pleases.  This would be a one-time thing.  If a DS gets broken in the future, it does not get replaced with Dad’s money.

Anyone have any thoughts about this?

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On January 7, 2008, our lives were changed forever when our 10 year old daughter Emily was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in her left thalamus. Emily’s brain tumor, a pediatric low grade astrocytoma (PLGA) is the most common type of childhood brain tumor and yet, has historically received little, if any, dedicated funding or research. Consequently, there are few treatment options available, and those that are available are invasive, toxic and mostly ineffective.

Emily is determined to change all this and she has set her sights on raising $1 million to help fund PLGA dedicated research by December 31st, 2008. We, her family, have partnered with The Pediatric Low Grade Astrocytoma Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charity (founded in August 2007) to help raise money for dedicated PLGA research with a goal of developing kinder, gentler and more effective treatments, AND a cure, for the thousands of PLGA children around the world.

I do believe this to be true. Please visit Emily’s website, www.colorforacure.com. You can buy a pixel of color for just one dollar. Each dollar – every cent – goes to PLGA research, and each pixel is added to a picture which is gradually completed as the goal of a million dollars is approached. You can make a difference in a child’s life, and make sure you tell a friend!

My kids wanted to ride Tidal Wave; a water ride where you are guaranteed to get wet. Well…they did, and Alex was not happy.

The girls put a smile on my face tonight. We went to the library and they happened to check out the same book. I went to get gas and when I got back in the car, Alex was reading out loud. After a bit, Cassie started reading out loud and Alex stopped. It turns out, they were each reading a page of the same book.

CHEESE

The shirt says it all…

Evidently, since Santa makes the toys, his toys would NOT contain a UPC code.