Best use for 3 Macs in our home - iMac, MacBook and iPad wiFi 32GB

My wife and I have two Macs.
     Wife: MacBook 1.1 running OS 10.6.8      Use is for Mail, Internet/News, Cards(Solitaire) iPhoto, iTunes, Skype and the MS trio Word/PowerPoint/ etc
     Self:   iMac (2006) 21" running Lion 10.7.5 Similar use, also Pages for a newsletter, iMovie and the MS for Mac trio.
          We decided that it would be convenient to have an iPad which would be truly portable and which we could BOTH use for at least MAIL, Photos, perhaps Books, all within our own Wifi area at home. We do not need connections to our portable 'phones.
          We are wary of 'Cloud', otherwise have been concerned at the very large number of good folk who need help with pages of 'discussions', a long way from the days of wysiwyg and my original 1985 Mac (512k).
          Could someone please give us a 'How to' in simple terms, including how to first remove the odd bits which we have been able to get operating (unlimited Tunes, a small part of 'Contacts', Mail for my wife only, ....... So that we start again from scratch.
              With very many thanks for your help....
               Eric

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