Monday, March 30, 2009
Wiiiiiiii
Well.. we finally broke down and bought a Nintendo Wii..... I know..... who cares right? the Wii has been around for awhile now... but this IS a big deal for us considering it is the first gaming console we bought since we scored an old Atari at a garage sale about 10 years ago... :) plus... we have found that our super groovy Atari game as well as the game joystick we got as a gift at Krusty's wedding just do not work down here in NZ cuz they are not PAL region 4 compatible.. :)
Luckily for us... someone at Eric's work was already tired of their Region 4 Wii. So Eric bought it and brought it home... (it is all about reuse after all :).
I admit, it is pretty funny to watch the girls play.... here they driving in Mario Kart...
Luckily for us... someone at Eric's work was already tired of their Region 4 Wii. So Eric bought it and brought it home... (it is all about reuse after all :).
I admit, it is pretty funny to watch the girls play.... here they driving in Mario Kart...
Look at that concentration....
Athea catches on quickly... it is amazing to me to see how much the lil sister picks up..
Speaking of Athea....
She is working on dramatic arts at preschool, she decided to reuse a broken pinata from her friend Luka's birthday and make a horse mask. She was really proud of her creation and brought it to school for her news day.. I thought I would share her creation.
Mom guilt..... so I figure it is ok to play video games if they are still creating stuff??....
But I have found.. like everyone warned... I do have to set limitations around how much time they can play the game... they would play it all day..:)
Saturday, March 14, 2009
a bit fuzzy but you get the picture...
Hi all,
I wanted to share the sunrise that we saw in front of our house the other day... it only lasted for about 5 minutes but it sure was gorgeous. Sorry the pix are a bit fuzzy....
We are all fine, just really busy. Eric has been working 6+days a week, the kids are busy with back to school stuff... Haidyn has now added choir and violin lessons to her long list extracurricular activities..... Athea is busy attending "afternoon session" at preschool with the other "big kids" it is to get her ready for when she goes to school in Sept. and I am officially a Uni student once again. I have enrolled at Massey University... now that we are residents here I do not have to pay international tuition... I just finished my first term paper.... (it took forever.... ugghh what was I thinking:) I will try to get more pictures up soon.
I wanted to share the sunrise that we saw in front of our house the other day... it only lasted for about 5 minutes but it sure was gorgeous. Sorry the pix are a bit fuzzy....
We are all fine, just really busy. Eric has been working 6+days a week, the kids are busy with back to school stuff... Haidyn has now added choir and violin lessons to her long list extracurricular activities..... Athea is busy attending "afternoon session" at preschool with the other "big kids" it is to get her ready for when she goes to school in Sept. and I am officially a Uni student once again. I have enrolled at Massey University... now that we are residents here I do not have to pay international tuition... I just finished my first term paper.... (it took forever.... ugghh what was I thinking:) I will try to get more pictures up soon.
