Wii? Sure.

My son's birthday isn't until late August but a few weeks ago my mom had the idea of buying him a Wii for his birthday. Of course, this was the same time the Wii Fit was coming out so a line in front of Target early on a Saturday morning would have to be endured just to get one. I proposed buying one for my dad for his birthday on August 1st. So, we agreed that we would each head buy one in our own hometowns and avoid shipping costs.

There was one catch to this idea. I would have to give my son his Wii before my dad's birthday so I could set it up so that when the eventual "how do you set this thing up" call came from my dad I would have an answer. So, my son got his Wii on Wednesday night. I have to admit, I didn't know how well he would take to it, he is an outdoors kid who doesn't like to stay inside, but he loves it.

My wife was very concerned about the Wii taking away from his time outside but so far it hasn't, granted it has only been a couple days. I definitely do not want my son to turn into one of those kids who sits inside all day playing computer games, no matter how active he may be while doing so, as he is with the Wii.

One great thing I have discovered about having the Wii is that I can spend some time with my kids playing and laughing instead of the usual nightly routine of them running around the house making messes while the Wife and I run around behind them telling them to clean up. And, during a game of bowling I found out my son is a pretty good trash-talker. Ahh, the things we fathers are proud of.