Ready to just turn it all OFF!

We've never been that big of a "gamer" family, until recently. The kids would have their weeks where they would play video games non-stop for a while, but then get sick of it and forget about playing for a few months.

Then Christian and Dane discovered "Black Ops". Gaming has now become a family event (minus mom). Every night Dane, Christian, Maddy, and even Sam (with a pretend controller) would play this game of blood and gore.

Now the kids are into Minecraft. And well I guess I should be happy that at least this games requires them to think and be creative, it is also VERY addictive! Sam right now has it the worst, as this is his first video game. I could not believe how fast he learned how to play it. If allowed he'd play this game all day long! He mostly likes to see what he can create and then find the most explosive way to blow it up. To control his Minecraft addiction I make him play ABC mouse each day for an hour before he can play his video game for an hour. 

Maddy loves  this game too. However her approach to playing is much different. She likes to create farms with lots of animals. She'll make 2 animals of one kind share a pen, if she feeds them they'll love each other and make babies! Too cute :)

Sundays used to be my escape from electronics. Dinners at GaGa's house. But not anymore! :(   The boys have taken over the two back bedrooms to game with eachother. I think it might be time for a power outage at Wenzel Mountain!

Boys playing Command and Conquer 

Sam teaching Aunt T* about Minecraft