Wii Are Family

I know most would think Nintendo's not a great way to let our children spend their time, and obviously we have to limit it. But quite honestly, we played together for about an hour last night, and it DEFINITELY qualified as quality time. We all took turns, and they were SO pumped to rescue the princess. We used some cheats, and beat the game in that short time, and they were so happy. We were cracking up the whole time at the funny things they said and at how impressive they are.

Paige had pretty incredible timing and is just plain old awesome at it, especially for her age.

Cason is ridiculously good at this little casino type game they throw in once or twice per level. It's the one where there are three rows of moving pictures, and you try to stop each row at the right time to align them and form a picture. Does that make sense? It's way simpler than I'm probably making it sound. Here it is:
Anyhoo, I can only manage it like 1 in 15 or 20 attempts. Cason probably does it like 2 out of 3 times. It's hilarious to us, we always give him the controller when we get to play that game, and he'll take it with this confident look on his face. He holds him thumb over the button, staring at the screen for like a full minute before he presses it, like he's seriously calculating in his head. It's awesome, because he lines them up ALL THE TIME. Last night it was his turn, and he thought he was so cool, with chocolate chip cookies smeared on his face, knowing he's the best at it.
Anyway, we all played together, and Jess beat Bowser for us at the end. While he fought him Paige was cheering him on, saying stuff like "He's a fool! Bowser's a fool! Yep, he's a fool. JUMP DAD!" When he won, she awarded him with some stickers for his hard work.