You know it's time to get your kid a tablet when you have to plead to get yours back!  And here's the ideal learning tablet for kids from LeapFrog. It's the new LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet and it's a wonderful gift for boys and girls around the ages of 4 to 9 years old. If your not familiar with the new kids tablet from Leapfrog, let me fill you in. There are over a hundred games, videos, books and apps available for the kids tablet  (sold separately) which helps keep kids occupied on long trips in the car, and when waiting for a table at your favorite restaurant on a busy Friday night, if you know what I mean! And you'll smile knowing it's an educational tool that also entertaining your child.

If your already familiar with the LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet from Leapster your probably thinking, OK I bet I'll have to buy new books and games right? You'll bepleasantly surprised to know that all of the games, books etc. from the Explorer Library are fully compatible with the new kids tablet. Some of the cool features include a built-in camera and a video recorder for making movies too. And what tablet would be complete without a real touch screen just like mommy or daddies right? Well this tablet especially for kids sports a real 5" touch screen for use with a finger.

The LeapPad explorer comes complete with 4 apps including Pet Pad, Story Studio, Art Studio and one app of your choice.  It's a good idea however to include a download card so the child may select something from the LeapFrog App Center and add basic scholastic skills, sing-along songs and award-winning LeapFrog videos!   learn animal facts with a series of Discovery Education videos.. Has 2GB of built in memory too. Also it's a good idea to get the case to protect the unit.

Packers Gnome

Steelers Gnome

Have a hard to buy for sports fan on your gift list this year? Show off team pride in the garden or around the house with this officially licensed NFL garden gnome. The NFL Team Gnome is 11.5" and is handcrafted and hand painted in your sports fans favorite NFL team colors with a raised team logo on his hat. Gnomes make great gifts for almost anyone. The detail is fantastic right down to the patch on his backside. Team gnomes are also available for other popular sports...

• Collectible NFL Team Garden Gnomes
• Collectible NFL Throwback Gnome
• Collectible NCAA Team Garden Gnomes
• Collectible MLB Team Gnome

The 2010 NFL Football season has been plagued by a number of adverse weather related events, but 6" of snow right before the Superbowl in Dallas Texas? That's insane! The Superbowl is this weekend and it promises to be a memorable one for those that can get down south for the game. Old man winter has been working over time in Texas and has cursed the host city with a blanket of ice and snow that has crippled Dallas airports making it difficult for out of town football fans to even get to the big game. The NFL's biggest game will be played this Sunday in a football stadium with a dome however, so it will be nice for fans with tickets to get in. The game itself will be played in a field with a dome so if sports fans with tickets can get to Dallas for the Superbowl.

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First of all, I know what it looks like but, this is not a gag gift. The whiskey stones gift set is for the person that enjoys a little scotch or bourbon after work, read-on!

Whiskey Stones are handcrafted from soapstone in the USA. They are easy to use too, just chill the stones in the freezer, place in the glass and pour the liquor in. The whiskey stones cool the spirits without diluting the flavors, unlike ice which waters down the liquor. Whiskey stones keep the drink nice and cool for a surprisingly long time too, it keeps the drink cool for a good 45 minutes. It makes nice, high quality liquors a pleasure to enjoy as each sip is as good and undiluted as the first one. It's important to note that the frozen stones will not make the drink as cold as ice and it's not supposed to. They are intended to chill the beverage to the ideal sipping temperature and they do that well.

Here is a set of 6 handsome granite whiskey sea stones drink chillers. This set of six comes in a handy wooden tray for popping into the freezer. You wouldn't know it by looking at these whiskey stones but the idea of these chilling discs came to be because the same New England artisans that make sea stone napkin rings had excess material and wanted to put it to good use!

So Santa got the Christmas gift wish and put a fancy new DSLR camera under the tree this year? OK, now how does it work? This is the ideal follow-up gift to compliment your favorite photographers new digital camera. The Digital Photography boxed set is the ultimate set of how-to-photography books featuring everything you always wanted to know about digital photography but didn't know who to ask. That's right this is the reference standard, complete with all 3 volumes of Scott Kelby's Digital Photography. This 3 volume set is chock full of easy tips and tricks professional photographers use that will help your shutterbug capture even better images.