and the 5th takes the photo, oh precious iPad!
This household has gone from 0-5 Apple products in 2 months!
First there was my iPad…a wonderful gift from my hubs for our 10 year anniversary. Soon after I realized what the Apple buzz was all about, how totally awesome the products are…so I went in to Verizon for my contract renewal and got an iPhone 5.
But then my kids had their grubby fingers outstretched all day long on me wanting to play with one or both, consequently schooling me on how to use them. 
They begged for their own iPods.
We really don’t buy them anything all year-long. We hardly get them anything for their birthdays as they get so many presents from family and friends.
We also celebrate Chanukah and Christmas. My husband is 1 of 7 children so the kids get a lot of presents. We decided the iPods may not be a bad idea for the big gifts. Lots of the apps they play are educational (they love Stack the States and Presidents vs Aliens and consequently know more about geography and presidential history than I do!!!) and the apps we get are FREE. I’ve realized it makes a lot more sense than those Nintendos where you put down a lotta money and then each game costs a chunk of change as well.
So now the kids each have their own 5th generation iPod touch.
And they are like animals! Running all about, taking photos, making videos, playing games, and the kicker was tonight when the 5-year-old asked Siri,
“Do you have a vagina?”!!!!
Oh that Siri. I need an intervention. I dictate all my email and text messages. I pace around the house like a lunatic dictator with that phone at my chin. It’s no wonder the kids are out of control.
And Siri’s response to my little delinquent and her questions made me love her more, “OK…how about a web search for inappropriate behavior?” (By the way my husband thinks I’m certifiable referring to Siri as “her”, just so you know.)
But right now we are on a school break so I’m letting them go hog-wild with their devices.
Next week we’ll get back to some sort of order, I suppose.
I’ll never look at Siri the same again. Great post!
Ha thanks! You don’t even want to know where the questions went from there…(way downhill)…
We’ve been apple fans our entire lives
I have fond memories playing trivia games and breakout in my childhood basement on my family’s apple IIE 
I remember that computer darling
So nice to hear from another Apple loving family. Our home currently has more devices than people, which is a little crazy, but all good. I have to tell my boys about Presidents vs. Aliens. I bet they’d like that.
Thanks Alena! Oh Presidents is a great app…we all learn so much. It’s amazing hearing my 5 year old spout off presidential facts!
I’ve been going back and forth on whether to get my boys their own iPod Touch (as opposed to their own iPad—which will never happen, lol). But I think maybe they are still a little too young at 3 and 4. In one way, I don’t want them to have one for fear they will never care to see daylight again and forget what “playing outside” means. But then again, I am all for having the kids be as technologically inclined as they can be in this day in age, because, well, that’s just how we roll nowadays, isn’t it?
I even considered the Leappad, but I’m not sure the boys will take to it the same way they do the iPad, since they’re so used to it already….decisions, decisions! Haha!
P.S. I am totally going to check out that Stack the States game? Is that what it’s called exactly? Sounds exciting!
I think they are young too…only because the devices are fragile and expensive. I’ve warned my kids heavily about damage and/or loss! Stack the States yes…so awesome..my kids know US geography from it…amazing!
I gave my daughters and son in laws ( 31 and 28yrs) iPads for Christmas, it was a gift their whole families can enjoy. Everyone takes turns…sort of….I hear that the mommy’s are hogging it.. and they are already talking about saving for a second one!
I am going to check out presidents vs aliens and stack the states!
Great post!
What generous gifts Melinda! Hope their families enjoy the devices as much as we do