Screen-Free Day

We tried.  We did our best.  Sunday was an almost screen-free day.  The boys have been driving me bonkers arguing while playing Mario on the Wii.  Here is what I hear (and most of it I do not understand, but maybe you will):

• Spit me out of your mouth, NOW!!!
• Pop my bubble!  Pop it now!!!
• Put me in your mouth and DO NOT let me out!!
• Get in the pipe!  Get in the pipe!  GET IN the pipe!!
• Waaaaahhhhh!!!  Why'd you let me die???!!
• You erased it!!!  Aaaagh!!
• Can I use the computer and look up cheat codes?  Please?????  I have to get to the cloud world!!!!

Make of it what you will, but I am going out of my mind.  Stick a fork in me because I AM done.  So, the games were turned in the OFF position and we all sat there and listened to crickets for a minute......

Then I remembered a puzzle the boys got for Christmas a couple years ago. 

Looks like fun!

Maybe not.....

?????????????????

Now let me get mah glasses on Sonny......

Sure wish I was playing Mario.  Hmmm, these little pieces look like clouds.  Cloud world.  Mario.  Darn it.

What the ??????

At this point, my oldest told me that the people who made this puzzle were "a bunch of tricksters."  So, we moved on to a new activity. 

Volcano!

That was over in about 10 minutes and everyone had red fingers. 

Next up.....Tech Deck!  So close to the television, yet so far.

And then outside......

 Ah fresh air! 

So that was our day.  Yes, I did let them play the Wii later that night.  But, tonight I informed them, much to their disappointment, that tomorrow is another screen-free day.  This means no DS, no computer and no Wii.  Wish me luck.   If you know where I live, send wine.  The big bottles.  Thanks in advance.

Stay tuned because in February I will have a couple great giveaways!