Rock and Roll!

So, Landon was thrown a birthday party this last weekend with the Holtmans and came home with quite the new toy. He has been talking about wanting to play the guitar for a little while now, but I told him that he needed a few more years of piano under his belt before we jumped into the guitar. That way he would already be able to read notes and music and what not. He'd have a much easier time learning to play that way. Well, apparently they make a "Learn to Play Guitar" that you plug into your tv.

I'm thinking it's similar to the Guitar Hero game, but this guitar tells you the right spots on the arm of the guitar to push so that you are hitting the right note. You have to strum and press the right spot at the right time. It looks hard to be honest with you. But, he loves it. He strums and sings along. He thinks he is WAY cool!

I told him to strike a pose for me...apparently guitar players are tough. Did you know that?

There's a new game in town!

That's right! I am so pleased! As most of you know, we have a DVD player in our car. It's one of the reasons we bought this specific car. Until we had it, Mackenzee screamed nonstop whenever we went anywhere. She does not like to be buckled into anything! Anyway...though I do enjoy having this option..it does get really old listening to Dora over and over and over again. So, every now and again I turn it off and it becomes "mom time". The kids are never happy when its mom time. But, they get over it. So, last week, we were driving home from Jerome and I wanted to listen to my Christmas music. Of course, the kids immediately requested the DVD player to be turned on. I tried to suggest that they look at the Christmas lights as we drove past them, but they didn't seem too interested. So...I told them it was a new game. Much like it's cousin game "Slug Bug", the person who sees the Christmas lights first gets the points. But, no hitting is involoved. You simply yell "Light Bright!"
Can I just tell you how fun this has been? I get to listen to my Christmas music, and the kids are still enjoying themselves in the car. Of course, this only works at night when the lights are on, but still. Actually, Mackenzee has been the instigator of this game since Wednesday. Even if the DVD player is on...I will hear "Yigh Brigh!" And the game starts all over again. She's really good at spotting the lights too. But, of course, Landon always wins. :0)