Being the huge geek that I am, one of my proudest accomplishments was getting an 800 on the Math SATs. Maybe Carina will excel at Math, too? I scoured Amazon for quite some time looking for a math related toy for her and stumbled upon the Melissa & Doug Abacus
![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=anbamath06-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00005BVRQ&camp=217145&creative=399369)
. $13 and 2 days later (yay for Amazon Mom!) we opened the box and let her have at it.
Of course she won't understand how to use it in a mathematical way for a number of years, but in the meantime she can have fun with the different color beads
gnaw on it.
As captioned by Carina (of course):
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What's this? |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYG3TYu862eTzJc5BPOBsLb6VRcnWA1Z-CYRcGyx6v5c37Jqa5NGINfX6oAF4Dk3nNOpkNJKOPOPtjwPHPzBOuGRSlmfqgyyJVUPvmp_JeHu6S05GP-cz_5QrJ0ccCxZVgsA_9uUJIH4/s488/CIMG3183.JPG) |
Hmmm... |
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I like it! |
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Though I think I'd prefer to eat it |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbJY5Z9Wj3jV_B4KV1l4iZMBloqdu9GNerq9GnREaw5NIt968v9pkAnqFYs7ZKgWn67Q2WsctNXnqErY50Xfk2oxyGKBTloGvyEKbr4EgK49FF6KaM_wXtvfiNN8FoAPZ3_gZYvrHwQk/s488/CIMG3180.JPG) |
Om nom nom.... |
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