What a bunch of Wii-ners

It was a very Wii Christmas here in the Mommy Wins household. We got Rock Band and Wii Fit and a bunch of other games that are entirely way more fun than they should be.

We got our Wii this past fall when we just happened to be in the right place at the right time to find one. (Which was a near miracle that we were together in that right place, too!)

As I've mentioned, we're planners that talk about something for quite some time - deciding whether or not its something we want to do, if its something we want to spend the money on, etc. - then just all of a sudden up and do it one day when the mood strikes. We like to think we're impulsive that way. (Shh...just let me think that, huh?)

So prior to buying ours, we'd borrowed our friends' Wii over the Easter weekend and played for a few days with our extended families to see if we wanted a game system of our own.

Cuz nothing says "The Lord has risen!" like a little Super Mario Party.

Jay happened to have off on Easter Sunday this past year, and after playing host and hostess all day long to several family members, cleaning up and then tucking our boys in bed (late), we decided we deserved a little Wii time, too.

The Wii was new to us and was not ours, so we followed the instructions to the letter. If the little message on the screen said to fasten the wrist strap, or play with the cushy remote cover on, well, then we did. We were very careful to mark out our safety circles before going on to pitch, bat and bowl.

My hubby and I are pretty competitive. I'll just tell you there was a little smack talk goin' on.

OK, there was a LOT of smack talk, and, um, there may or may not have been wagers as to who would owe whom what if he or she lost.

A-hem.

ANYWAY...lots of Wii was played and I had had the foresight to take the following Monday off, so it was early in the morning hours when we decided we were just going to play one more game of bowling. Cuz I think we were both reeeely close to bowling 100 point games. (OK, don't remind me that my four year old now regularly bowls 200+ point games. But I digress.)

The one warning that Wii doesn't give you, though?

During the course of your game (or 20) you may just move from your original spot a bit.

And when you do? Your safety circle may no longer be safe.

So picture this. Its 1:30 in the morning and two big dumb idiot adults are very tired and giggling like a bunch of 12-year-olds in a middle school health class. We were beyond ridiculous, laughing at things that really weren't funny and our scores were nearly tied.

Its the tenth frame of our 312th game of bowling and hubby's up first. He spouts off something along the lines of, "Dude, you are SO going to OWE ME..." when CRASH!

My arms fly up to cover my head and I drop down onto the couch.

A moment later, I look up to see the Hubster looking around to see what's happened.

"What in the he--" is all he gets out before he loses himself laughing.

I split second later I see it, too, and laugh so hard I nearly wet my pants.

His near-empty glass of soda, that had been sitting in the middle of the coffee table, was now 2" nearer to the far edge than it had been.

All that remained was the bottom inch of the cup, peaks of ragged glass pointing up and shards of glass ALL OVER THE LIVING ROOM.

Glass is on the floor, the chair, the entertainment center. Shards have flown into the magazine rack, the heat register and some has even made it off to the left onto the dining room floor.

But the soda? Didn't spill.

My lovely hubby hula hooping his arse off on Wii fit.

Oh, and by the way? If you give your technically inept Mother and four-year-old son the microphone so that you and your brother can rock out to Mississippi Queen on Rock Band he'll attempt to sing along to lyrics that aren't completely appropriate for a preschooler to know.

But trust me...he'll remember them!