Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii......and walking.

Ben has been saving all his pennies for a Wii.  We told him that if  he would save enough to pay for his share that we would match him.  I thought it would take forever b/c he says this about six times a day:

"Please, I'll use my own money."

  This is why he didn't start out with much money in his "piggy bank".  

We give him a small allowance every week and he can always make extra money for doing some things around the house, being "green" and keeping his fab grades. 

There were MANY times that he asked for something and was told it would have to come out of his own money.  Most of the time he would pass.  Sometimes it was a pretty tough decision, too, but 9 times out of 10 he would not pull money from his bank.  Then there would be times that he would really want something that we felt he really deserved and we would give him the choice of having that thing or having the money for that thing to add to the fund.  Sometimes he would choose to add the money to the fund, but sometimes (and I think this is  so cool about Ben) he  would choose the thing.  I think that's awesome b/c he recognizes that sometimes you just have to reward yourself.  

Love this kid.

We got the Wii.  Here's Ben boxing.  I get tired just watching.

And here's Ben showing Grandmother how to bowl.

And she takes her shot...

How much do you love to see that?  A Wii playing Grandmother!!!!!!!

Wade and I have some serious Wii competitions, too...it gets ugly.

Oliver is walking.  Everywhere.  It just happened over the course of a week.  One Monday, he was 90% crawling and 10% walking/holding on to furniture and then by the end of the week he was 10/90.  It's so funny to see him wobble around up on two feet.  Here's a video of his wandering.

I should also tell you that this video, along with all other future videos, will have Wii sounds in the background.  You will be listening to Super Mario Galaxy in this video....and Ben singing along.

I'm already working on the next blog.....see you soon!