Wii Training

The Saturday after Christmas, we decided to have our good friends, the Johnsons, over for a low-key evening of pizza and Wii playing. The boys are all super great friends from school and the adults love visiting as well. We received the Wii for Christmas and they were pros, so they were showing us the ropes. We all took turns playing some bowling and tennis before moving on to Mario Kart. Much of the evening was spent on this game with the boys usually on someone's lap assisting with the driving. (BTW, we have some very competitive boys) At one point, the moms were able to sneak into the kitchen to bake some cookies and visit while the dads were trying to see how much they could get unlocked on the game. Unfortunately, they learned later that they were playing under Brady's name.

Since then, Brady is our Mario Kart addict. He requests to play it almost every evening. Each night, we would add more tips for him on how to improve his game. He now uses his "weapons" as he picks them up and especially loves when he is playing against someone and uses the lighting. He also is very good about finishing the race, which the game lets you do when you are playing by yourself. He has figured out how to correct his driving and he is getting familiar with the different courses. We have actually been quite impressed. Connor likes to be the backseat driver - "to the left Brady, no right, use your tool". While Brady usually finishes a race last, he can hold his own now and he is ready to challenge Ben at a game!