Birthday presents

It was about 8pm when we all got back home after Sylvia's game, but it was time to open some birthday presents!

While wrapping presents, I practiced the re-use part of "Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle" since we were having a bit of a shortage of boxes...

When Frozen is released on March 13, Sylvie will receive a Blu-Ray/DVD.

This is the 3rd collection of books in the Sisters In Time historical fiction series that Sylvia loves!

Frozen soundtrack!!

I don't think she was overly surprised, but she was really excited to receive an iPod Touch.  

Daddy kind of set a precedent when he did the same thing for Annah's 11th birthday, 

but he enjoyed buying this gift for Sylvia too.

Daddy picked out an awesome case!

And a nice screen shield.

No time for cake and ice cream tonight, just off to bed since there's more ISAT testing tomorrow.  It was quite a busy birthday for our 11-year-old!
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We love our precious Sylvia and are so grateful for the 11 years she has blessed our lives!

iPhone 4s

I am now an iPhone girl.  My phone's upgrade time came up a couple weeks ago, and we made the switch from Android to Apple.  Since we have an iMac computer and an iPad, it made sense to switch to the iPhone and sync everything up with iCloud.  And, since it was my upgrade time with Verizon, the cost was a fraction of what an iPhone costs regularly.

We decided to go with white, because it's so signature Apple-looking and different from anything else.  For now, I'm just using a bumper (had to add a little red!), but I'm nervous about dropping it and smashing the screen or back since I'm such a klutz.  I may get another cheap rubber case for my own peace of mind, but for now I like seeing the shiny Apple on the back. 

I'm still getting used to everything.  It is very easy, but there are so many amazing things to learn to feel like I'm using these tools and technologies to potential!  

In order to sync all the devices with iCloud, I had to upgrade our iMac operating system to OS X Lion ($30) and then upgrade iPhoto too ($15).  While, I wasn't excited about spending more on those things, they are nice upgrades, and the iCloud syncing is pretty convenient and cool.

My only complaint would be that I have to put the phone on Wi-Fi to sync with the cloud, and I normally wouldn't do that with my phone since it has its own signal.  Not too big of a deal though.

I'm already liking the Instagram app, having an app for Pinterest, and a friend got me playing Family Feud.  I'm trying out Menu Planner, but not liking it too well so far.  If I put the time in to enter my recipes and pantry items it would be great, but I haven't done that yet.  Still using Grocery IQ instead.  Oh, and it is so great to have the Reminder app synced up on both my phone and iPad.  Love that one!

Aliens?

Sylvia and I laughed ourselves silly playing with the Photo Booth app on our computer tonight.  How do you think we look like aliens?