Ben never plays video games. I mean, he's six-years-old he shouldn't be. We know that. Somehow though, he is in love with video games. I think it may be his forbidden fruit. I have two Game Boys left over from college and a PS2 from when we lived in the residence hall. Every now and then we get these out and Ben gets a chance to play: long trips in the car, random days. Ben loves video games so much that lately he has been carrying around the Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 book and reading up on how to play the game. So yesterday I thought he would enjoy getting the game out and playing a little. Needless to say he loved it. The funniest part was that because his his thumb is not long enough to go from one button to the other, he had to use his thumb and his pointer at the same time (see picture below.) Desperate times call for desperate measures.
We're not really sure what we'll do with the video games. We've contemplated getting rid of all of them. But for now, an occasional foray into the digital world for Ben is not an earth shaker.
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When Ben, Caleb and I made the trip from MN to Alpena the boys looked forward to the Game Boys after lunch. They read books, listened to music, and just rode like troopers all morning with the expectation that the games would come out after we ate. Once they came out I didn't hear a word out of either one them except an occasional comment to each other about a game. The games were put away for the rest of their time here. I for one was glad we had them...just in case:)
Brad and I used to play nintendo regularly, and you can see how HE turned out...so, there's that!
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