Mindware

We had so much fun yesterday playing with Isaac's snap circuit set that he got for Christmas. It was easy to snap together, the instructions were wonderful, and we didn't need any special tools. I found a link to something like it on the MindWare website, but if my sister really spent anywhere near this much money on it, I will be ticked: http://www.mindware.com/p/Snap-Circuits-500/20158. If you've never been on this site before, take a look around! Isaac also got a crystal-growing set, which we were all excited to start yesterday until we realized we need a kitchen scale. Here's a link to that one: http://www.mindware.com/p/Space-Age-Crystals/44130. I was looking through the catalog, since Isaac's (11th!!) birthday is coming in a couple of weeks, and I really want to get him the Intelliglobe: http://www.mindware.com/p/Intelliglobe/48173 - but I think he'd cry. How cool, though - a talking globe that updates itself on the internet. I want one. Maybe I'll get it for me for my birthday. Or for Grace...hmmm...that way I could still get another present for me...