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The Beginning of the End
Subtitle: Do I hear any nominations for parenting awards?
 Christopher has had a pretty successful Kindergarten year. He's gotten high marks in reading, reasonably high marks in everything else, and most importantly, he really likes school.
One thing we've been told throughout the year is that he needs some work on his fine motor skills. For a while it was affecting his ability to finish his work on time because he had a little trouble cutting with scissors and doing other small physical manipulations. We joked that we were just paying the price for not introducing him to video games, since almost all of his friends are already playing up a storm.
So, we actually tried to engage him in games like Lego Star Wars and the Wii sports games, but he wasn't too interested. The strangeness of this scenario - that we, the "responsible" parents were pushing video games like his junior high friends will push cigarettes and wine coolers - was not lost on us, but we still tried. It didn't work until Boys' Weekend, when Frank finally got him to play Lego Star Wars with him.
Then, this weekend, I showed him Mario Kart on my Nintendo DS. He was quickly enamored and then asked me all afternoon if I'd let him play it again. When I finally relented, he carefully carried it while sprinting into my room to lay on Jax and play for a good 30 minutes.
When I told him that Mario Kart for the Wii would soon be out, his eyes took on a cult-memberesque shine and he danced for joy. I'm pretty sure I'll soon live to regret this move - especially 3 weeks before summer. Oh well, anything for the boys education, right?Labels: fine motor skills, parenting award, video games
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