Monday, April 19, 2010

Entertaining Grandpa

Due to California's budget problems Carolyn's job has entailed much less travel this past year than the three years before that when she might spend 3 to 4 days a week on the road.  But some things just have to be taken care of face to face so this week and the next she is down in Tulare County (Visalia area).

To make sure Grandpa doesn't die of boredom or hunger, Ed and Tiff and the boys have invited me to spend some evenings at their place.  Tonight Tiffany prepared some excellent spaghetti and side dishes while the boys taught me to play Mario Cars and Wii Ski.  Grandpa's a lot of fun to play with because you can always beat him.

4 comments:

  1. Oh goodie. I think that we will bring some of our games when we come to visit soon.

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  2. I don't know how kids use those motion controllers (especially on Mario Kart). I grew up playing Nintendo games but I just can't use the darn things. I always end up doing "old fashioned" button controls.

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  3. I'm the biggest loser around here. maybe we should compete for the championship :)

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  4. Oh, I'm such a loser that I lose interest in the goal of the game and instead wander over to the edges of the race track or ski run to see what happens when I fall off or if I try to crash into an official station of some sort. In Mario Kart I enjoyed seeing if I could make it around the track without hitting anyone -- going the wrong way. Now that was a challenge!

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