Uncle Craig got us a Wii Fit for Christmas and it arrived late on the 26th. While Mom was working on the mechanicals I was doing stuff to promote family harmony and good health. That is, setting up the Wii Fit.
Alice was the first to try it out. She was immediately hooked. Oddly (to me) she liked the running game, which consists basically of running in place while holding a Wii remote. But Alice did at least one 10 minute run the first day and more on other days. She’s spent at least an hour every day working with it and would do more if her siblings would let her.
Corwin liked it from the start as well, especially when he was able to beat Dad’s initial attempts. Corwin liked the running as well, which will be a big surprise to his soccer coach.
Charles was very tired that first day and put himself to bed around 5 and didn’t wake back up until the next morning. Then he refused to try it, until he watched Alice and Corwin fighting over access, at which point he decided he should be fighting too. Now he’s a regular player as well.
Mom and I like it too, although perhaps not quite as much as the children. One of Mom’s motivations is once again to crush my records on any event where I am first. However, bwahahaha, she tried to beat me on Hula-Hoop and didn’t even come close. “How did you do that?”, she asks. As if I would tell her. Burn! (It’s extra funny when Alice runs in to my office to rat on Mom with “Daddy! Mom is trying to beat your record!”)
The best part is that Alice has the record on ski jump (173 meters) for a single jump. This is just burning Corwin who struggles to get over 100 meters while Alice regularly gets over 120m. Currently I have the second longest (171 m) with Charles in third (168 m), although none of these are recorded. The event is like the real one, two jumps with the score being the total of the two. I think Corwin is still ahead of Alice on the official records (but still behind me). Still, Corwin has probably spent the most time on the game and has many firsts because he’s the only person to have unlocked the event.
We’ll see how long the popularity lasts.
I got a Wii for Josh for Christmas, and unfortunately, I have become completely addicted and am playing it way more than Josh. I am impressed with Alice’s performance on the ski jump. I love that game, and it is quite tricky. I tried to get Josh to play the hula-hoop, but for some reason, he prefers to watch me do it.
