Kiddo only specifically mentioned one thing that she'd like this year...I suppose we normally get it right so she's not too worried. So we got a Robosapien, which is much neater than I thought he'd be. Yeah, we got it out of the box while she was at a sleepover. Rather, we slowly freed him from his cardboard and plastic prison and released him from his wire bonds. Then we put the batteries in his feet and turned him on.

I swear the thing farted. Maybe it was a burp. But it sounded like a fart.

It's neat. We had it moving around the living room...I think she'll enjoy it. We're wrapping the remote, and putting Robo in the closet with a bow tied around one claw.

Robo isn't all that she's getting, of course. The advantage to being an only child.