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Reviews are on hold

Rachel — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:41:42 +0000

Product and book reviews are on hold for now. Life happens.

I am sorry for the inconvenience, but hope you will find an archived review useful.

If you are looking for more from us, we are updating A Gaggle of Girls main blog and Rachel’s Recipe boxCATV.

Review Follow-up: Glasses

Rachel — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:29:44 +0000

I recently wrote a post about an inexpensive source for glasses. Today I had an optometrist appointment, and after receiving my new prescription, I checked out the glasses at the store. They had some gorgeous frames, and I tried on several, noting which styles I preferred.

Then I saw the prices, gasped, and ran home with the prescription in my purse.

I went online with my fashionista daughter, and chose 2 pairs of glasses from Zenni Optical and 2 sunglass clips as well. We added some rose-tinted plain lenses for my 9 year old to help with her reading, and checked out. Total cost with shipping: $51! For 3 pairs of glasses and 2 sunglass clips.

Look for a post in 2 weeks about how the glasses are in person! We’ll be off to Costco if this doesn’t work.

Jump Start World, Review Update

Rachel — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:57:54 +0000

In late November I reviewed Jump Start World. We had really enjoyed the JumpStart World educational gaming world, and now that it’s 2 months later, so I wanted to update what the children are currently thinking about this program.

Most computer games and children’s websites have a limited length of interest. My daughters usually get tired of a game in a month or so. However, after trying Jump Start Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd grade, their interest continued long after I would have expected it to lapse.

The variety of games and options within JumpStart World help keep the kids’ interest. They can do many different games to try to earn parts of a “gem”. Once the gem parts are attained, they can move on to another level. While we loved the free trial period, as it started to end, the girls wanted to continue the game, and offered to even pay for it themselves!

Kids offering to pay the monthly fee for a computer game is a wonderful testimonial! The Gaggle of Girls highly recommend trying the game!