I am a mother of 3 children and I just discovered an educational tech item that is going to save my life (and my relationship with my 7th grader!)!
I am sure that you have heard about the Fly pen by Leapfrog but they have re-designed the pen, now the FLY Fusion, and it is amazing! Two great features that my older kids are really jazzed about are the note taking features where you can upload your notes from the pen directly to an MS Word document! And secondly, the help that it can provide with Algebra is outstanding!
I highly recommend that you check it out. If you are like my family, you might really appreciate that little extra help with algebra homework! It's a great tool for students taking notes (and doodles) in class!! Not to mention the more fun features like Spanish, music and games! I wish I had this when I was in school!
Our oldest is graduating from preschool with a little cap-n-gown and everything. I've been conflicted on how big of a deal to make this, but this gave me lots of ideas to consider.
My youngest child is graduating from Kindergarten and my middle girl is graduating 5th grade, this year. We're allowing our two other children to attend the celebrations - their siblings love the idea of the entire family participating - and then go out to a dinner celebration, as well. Of course, this year, we'll have to flip a coin between IHop (or) chinese food ;o)