Help with multiple devices and one ID

I am sure this has been asked before but i apologize as I am new at all this.
This is my issue...
In April I bought my wife and iPad 2 signed up for an ID and started downloading apps..no problems at all so far.
Within a month we had downloaded a bunch of apps for my 4 yr old.
I bought another iPad 2 for my 4 yr old so he can use on his own. This is the issue, in my wives iPad we downloaded some paid apps and some free ones, some of them are games that have been advancing as he is playing them...my wife has also downloaded some paid games that she has been playing.
So here is my dilema, can I sync my wifes iPad with iTunes and then move the apps that I want to my sons iPad?
Also, will the move also include where he left off in the app...for example if this is like a building a zoo type of game and he has half of it built...will the move include his progress or will it make him start from the begining of the game?
i dont want to use the same apps in two different iPads, i just want to transfer his to a new one and leave my wifes in her ipad.
Please let me know if you need more information in order to help me.
Thanks Again

Have your wife transfer all purchases from the iPad into iTunes, backup her iPad and then sync with iTunes. Everything ... All media and other content will be available in that iTunes library and she will have a current backup.
Assuming that your son will still be sharing your wife's Apple ID (he is too young to have one of his own) .... When you set up his iPad, restore the iPad from your wife's backup and then select only the content that you want your son to have on his iPad in the iTunes library and then sync that iPad with iTunes.
The game progress is stored in the backup and should transfer onto his device when you restore from your wife's backup. You can always delete any content (apps, movies, music) that you don't want your son to have on the iPad, if you missed it when you synced with iTunes after setting the device up for him.
You can set your sync preferences - any way that you want to - for both devices and still use the same iTunes library for both iPads. So ... Yes you can sync any apps that you want to his iPad and any apps that your wife wants to her iPad. You just need to restore your son's iPad from your wife's backup in order to get his game progress onto his iPad.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Remember to have your wife backup her iPad just before you restore his iPad from the backup so that his most recent progress will be available in the backup.

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