Welcome Olivia! My New Unicorn Webkinz

The Valentine's Fairy just delivered my new Unicorn Lil' Kinz Webkinz stuffed animal. I logged her in and got her set up.

Of course, she had to meet Beary and Carrot, our polar bear and rabbit Webkinz. The girls brought out those dolls, and they did a meet and greet.

I'm looking forward to good times with Olivia.

Proud Mother of Two Webkinz

My daughters have decided that I am their Webkinz' mother. They are not the mother, I am.

My two new children are Beary, a white polar bear Webkinz, and Carrot, a white rabbit webkinz.

Beary and Carrot "ask" for the same hugs and kisses my other two daughters get. They come to me when they are hungry. They also required to be strapped in a seatbelt when we are driving in the car.

I had no idea that when I got my daughters' a Webkinz, that the would be my responsibility too.

The upside is, if the Webkinz are my children, doesn't that mean I can log in and play with them whenever I want to?

Webkinz Secrets

I thought Webkinz was pretty straight forward. You go in, you play games, you spin the wheel of wow, feed your pet, log out.
But noooooo. It's not at all that simple. There are secrets.
The first secret I found out about was that we get extra stuff if we click on the ads. The second secret I discovered today was that the little critters can cook food.
I asked my daughters about cooking. They said, "No". But when I asked them about the grill or the blender, they said they didn't have enough money to buy them.
So, like in the real world, the more money you have, the more secrets you have access to.
Webkinz imitates life, or life imitates Webkinz?

Bella Sera Is Pokemon for Girls?

There's a trading card game for girls called Bella Sera. It's so... girly. Ponies, unicorns and fairies. Will the girls who enjoy card collecting be the girls who like girly things? and vice versa? Will this draw more girls into the trading card genre?

My girls LOVE pokemon. Seems like Pokemon is a nice balance betwen what the guys want, and what the girls want. Cute little critters that fight each other. Everyone's needs are met. What do Bella Sera's critters do? I'm sure they don't battle. Because, you know, girls don't do battle.

HA! They don't know my girls.

What do you think? Trading cards for girls: thumbs up, or thumbs down?