I've been a little bit absent from the blog here as the kids as ever have kept me busy lately.
The New Year, 2010, got off with a rocky start. We went to friends house for a low-key New Years Eve celebration consisting of Wii games and good company. Alex was having a blast playing the Wii and showing off how good he is at making all sorts of "celebrity" miis and mii-look-a-likes. We brought some of his new games with us including Super Mario Brothers and Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games. He was happy, we were happy. All was good. As it got closer to midnight the kids -- who had made it without a meltdown and on relatively good behavior for being up way late, started playing on their Nintendo DS so we could watch the countdown on TV with Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest. Alex was looking forward to seeing the ball drop and was counting down with us. But, he made a fatal mistake and he looked at his video game and he missed seeing the ball drop!
We then entered the year with the biggest meltdown ever, tears, and serious upset.
Thankfully our friends live only about a mile away so we headed home and with the help of You Tube, I was able to find someone who had already uploaded the 2010 ball drop and so Alex got to watch it and he calmed down.
There are days that I really dislike Youtube because my son likes to find videos on there and play them over and over and over. It is usually harmless but he has found some things I would really rather he not. But this time, YouTube came to the rescue.
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