Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Rainy Day Fun (Wii Fit, Yoga, Wall-E, Autism - All of the above!)

Pouring rain.

That's what it has been doing for the past 2 days. Couple that with Spring Break and both kids home. We are a little stir crazy. Scratch that - we are A LOT stir crazy.

Thank goodness for the Wii Fit because Alex has been having a blast unlocking all sorts of new games on it. The kids have been doing the 2 player run - and Alex has figured out that you don't actually need to jog but instead you can shake the remote to simulate it movement. If you shake the remote really fast, your Mii falls flat on its face - which he finds hysterical but at the same time this reduces his little sister to tears. The kids have figured out how to have a dog be your guide instead of a person and go on the distance run around the island - over and over. You'd think this would tire them out, right? Well, not so much...

Alex has re-found his love for Yoga. When he was just a little guy he used to do Kids Yoga DVDs and really enjoyed them, especially the Wai Lana Little Yogis. With the Wii Fit he has decided that his friend Wall-E needs to do Yoga along with him. In fact, he also decided that Wall-E needed to be set up with his own Wii Fit character.

Wall-E is really good at the Sun Salutation pose.










Related links:
Wii Therapy for Autism: I'm a believer!
Consider the Nintendo Wii for Kids with Autism

1 comments:

Maddy said...

Ooo what fun. Well not the rain bit but the entertainment bit. We could do with a bit of that rain over here me thinks, but oh no it's just solid sun.......great for the strawberries.

Mine used to do yoga when they were little too. Wonder if I should try and revive that skill?'
Cheers