Our household had a big surprise a few days before Christmas, when a Wii game console suddenly showed up at our front door.
Turns out, friends of ours read that we had no plans to get one for the holidays, what with cash tight and yadda yadda. They thought about how much they loved theirs, phoned up a friend who runs a Game Store, and sent us a Wii. Just like that.
The generosity of it still has us in shock. All we really can say about it is that it goes to what we’ve known for years: people from Pittsburgh are simply GOOD PEOPLE.
We’ve been slowly trying it out over the past few weeks. It is very, very cool.
Then, yesterday, I scored a Wii Fit board for $89. And OH. MY. GOODNESS.
Here is some video of the kids… golf, yoga, and our personal favorite, Kate skiing.
Kids Wii… Yoga, Golf, Skiing from Cold Spaghetti on Vimeo.
The Fit is a household HIT. And inspired the following Facebook discussion by Paul:
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Paul’s Facebook Update, 6:08am, January 21: Paul can’t help idly speculating about Wii Kama Sutra now that he’s tried the Wii Fit.
A friend at 6:19am
That’s just wrong. Interesting, but wrong.
Another friend at 7:07am
Have you seen the Wii Pee? I think it is only in Japan, but damm that is funny.
Yet another at 7:25am
Sounds hilarious!
Still another at 7:38am
“Daddy, why does the Wii-mote smell like potty?”
Me at 8:49am
NOW I know what you’re spending all that time coding over…
Different friend at 11:23am
That is soooooo funny! LMAO! You know I could imagine it, I was called to a domestic dispute that turned out to be a husband and wife playing Wii Boxing!! The neighbors could see them through the window and called 911! Imagine the calls for the new Kama Sutra!
Back to Paul at 10:19pm
Well, given that iPod Touches, Wii Fit, and MySpace are all hot items right now, I have decided to seek venture capital to fund me to develop an iPod Touch application that can be used to publish your Wii Fit progress to your MySpace Page. I figure I can call it “iTouch myWii”.
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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, there you have it. My darling husband, the future creator of “iTouch myWii.”
And Ed and Brenda: THANK YOU!!!
Grizzly Smith | 22-Jan-09 at 3:16 am | Permalink
That seriously had me laughing out loud!
Griz
Violet | 22-Jan-09 at 10:49 am | Permalink
AWESOME!!! I can’t believe how much Kate is talking!
magpie | 22-Jan-09 at 11:14 am | Permalink
That is hysterical.
Painted Maypole | 22-Jan-09 at 1:43 pm | Permalink
i’m still waiting for our wii fit = that was supposed to be my Xmas present!
liprap | 22-Jan-09 at 5:38 pm | Permalink
HAH! Kama Sutra? Almost as bad as internet porn. And should it really be a competitive thing? I mean…
Janna | 22-Jan-09 at 7:42 pm | Permalink
Is it wrong to say that I wish I had an Itouch my wii?
Tina A | 23-Jan-09 at 2:20 pm | Permalink
Oh that is too funny! I need one of these for sure!
charlotte | 24-Jan-09 at 1:24 pm | Permalink
That is just too cute!
Mary Gilmour | 27-Jan-09 at 7:21 pm | Permalink
This is so encouraging. A seniors group to which I belong has just decided to buy one and I thought they were a bit nuts. But now I understand more.
And you have great friends.