Bringing in the New Year

He is my Wii champion. One of the greats. Braeden in all his 38 inch tall glory, wearing Transformer pajammies and spiderman socks...is currently boxing on the Wii that we received for Christmas. Braeden has already knocked out three people and is working on a knockout for yet another person who is nearly 80 points stronger than him.

In addition to bowing, Braeden can and will beat me in Wii bowling. With very little effort he strikes all 10 pins down at once or walks away with a spare. My four-year-old is a Wii champion of sports. He even gets birdies while golfing though I'd have to say golfing is the sport he is having the most trouble with. My guess is because he doesn't know how to calculate the stroke based on the wind mph and angle.

Brian has been playing his new pc game, Caesar IV and I think I have just as much fun watching him strategize to complete the scenarios as he does playing. As for the Wii he is pretty fine golfer and bowler though I think he is most interested in playing Super Mario Paper. I bought him Guitar Hero for our PS2 but that hasn't been opened yet.

The only bad thing about the holidays when you have multiple families to worry about is that you end up lacking time to be with your own or on your own rather. I haven't been able to pick up a new book yet but I have squeezed in play with Cake Mania. I'm also enjoying the Wii but haven't opened "Dancing with the stars" yet which I think will be fun.

Last night we had dinner at Brian's parents house because Kristin and Ben flew in from Michigan. It was a mini-Christmas since we didn't see her last week. It was good to see her and the spaghetti rocked, but Brae wasn't in good spirits and it was a bit trying to deal with him while also trying to have fun.

Brian, his Dad and Ben hooked up their new turn table. We ended up listening to Genesis, Rainbow Brite and Flash Beagle on vinyl. I have to say it was pretty awesome and certainly brought back fond childhood memories.

Brae fell asleep by 10 p.m. last night and boy did he need it. He was quite contrary. Brian and I managed to stay up to watch the ball drop in New York on television. Of course we watched the Dick Clark celebration and I have to say I think I admire Dick Clark even more now that he is persevering and continuing on in his tradition of hosting the celebration even after having a bad stroke. He is awesome.

And so Happy New Year. I wish you all the best for 2008. Good health and happy times. Be well friends!

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