Super Mario Bros. Wii

Last night, Kaeleigh had the activity day for FHE. She kept asking if we could do her activity and we kept trying to get her to "stick to the schedule".

Finally, Ryan had to put Ashlyn and Deegan to bed because they tend to expire before the older two. So Ryan snuck away and I told Kaeleigh she could start her activity. I should have known...Super Mario Bros!

We stayed up until 10:15 (ON A SCHOOL NIGHT!) playing. I had been telling my kids stories about the good ole days when I used to play this game. Last night, I finally showed them my "skills" and they were amazed, to say the least!

Ryan came out to see what all the commotion was. We actually woke him up and he broke up the party. I knew it was probably getting late, but kept thinking he would come back from the bedtime routine and he fell asleep. We promised to stop to have family prayer and Kaeleigh, Carson, and I just had the giggles so bad we had to wait for prayer! I felt like a 10 year old! It felt good!

As I listened to Carson's prayers, he said, "I'm thankful that Mom got to play Wii with us and that she SAVED OUR LIVES!" I guess he doesn't realize that I am trying to save his life every day, just not in a video game. I thought it was cute though!

I think this game is fun, but now I know why my kids were getting so frustrated with each other. As good as I (used to be) think I still am, I was sabotaged by my little ones several times as they threw turtles at me, pushed me off a cliff, jumped on my head, and left me behind to die! I kept trying to tell them that you are supposed to get the coins and all the secret stuff and go down pipes...Carson just wants to run through as fast as possible. So every time I would collect coins, he'd run ahead and kill me off. At least I could come back in a bubble...until they decided to pop me right out into the lava or the hole of death! At least I have something that I can teach them now. I was feeling like Ryan got to teach them everything hard...like math! I think this may rank right up there on difficulty, depending on who you ask. (Don't tell Ryan, but I think they value my Mario skills to math-at least right now in life!)