Last night I had the opportunity to hang out with some friends from work.  We started off with some amazingly unhealthy food.  I prepared my standard Ro-Tel and Sausage Cheese Dip.  Gary made tater tots and Texas toast.  Becca brought the Nintendo Wii and Brian grilled samon wrapped in bacon.  (Yes, it sounds weird, but it was good.)

We started playing this game called “Boom Blox“.  If I tried to describe it to you, it would sound nerdy and boring and could in no way express to you how much fun it was.  (So, I’ll just try to describe it to you instead.  That way you’ll only think that it’s boring and nerdy…and you’ll have no idea how much fun it really is.)  The game was developed by Steven Spielberg (same one) and is loosely based on the game jenga.  There are other nuances and rules for the different types of games that you can play, but it combines hand-eye coordination with basic physics.  So…yeah, I guess you’re right, it is a nerdy game.  BUT, we did play the game in “Party” mode, so by definition, we were having a party…right?

At any rate, now I have an even more compelling desire to convince Kelley that we need a Wii.  My bullet points of “kids” and “health reasons” haven’t panned out so well.  I think this one will help me with the “educational tool” aspect.  Think she’ll buy it?