Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Best Thing about Wii Is How Active the Kids Are When They Play

The seven year-old recently discovered video games at his friend's house (pictured here with remote in hand, head inside a butterfly net). His friend has both PS2 and Wii, but Peter was most enamored of the PS2 because it had a Lego Star Wars game. We discussed the various game options with friends who have both (a shocking number!) and were invariably told to get a Wii. "The kids are much more active when they play Wii," everyone said.

So Grandma Barbara went out and bought the boys a Wii console and a couple of games to play on it, including a Wii version of Lego Star Wars, for Christmas.

We have been having fun with it as a family, especially with the bowling. But Q shows us in this picture how near catatonia can still be an effective mode for engaging with Wii.

Now we are contemplating a Wii Fit to combat familial sloth. Any advice or thoughts out there?

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