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stevenpiziks) wrote2010-12-26 10:20 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2010-12-26 10:20 pm
Yule 2010
We celebrated Yule a few days early this year. Kala came over, and we lit candles all about the house. Mother Berchte pounded on the door right on schedule and delivered presents. Aran and Sasha are now finding the tradition charming. Mackie thinks it still a little scary, but has begun to seriously think there's something suspicious in the way Dad always vanishes just before Berchte shows up.
Anyway, she distributed gifts and the single red rose to remind us that spring will eventually arrive, guaranteed, then left. The gifts for the boys included small bags of candy and . . . and Xbox 360 with a Kinect.
Yeah, Berchte brings the good stuff.
Oddly, the boys didn't get too excited about it. At first I was puzzled--and rather annoyed. Then I realized that they didn't know what it was. Even when I told them it was the same game they'd played at Uncle Paul's house at Thanksgiving, they didn't make the connection (Kinection?). I finally hooked it up and =then= they got it.
An evening of play followed.
The Kinect is a great deal of fun. However, one disadvantage is that it isn't very relaxing. It forces you to jump and move and rush around, so you're not kicking back and chilling out. If you're a little tired and just want to zone out with some video games, the Kinect isn't very useful. But it's enormous fun otherwise.
I like that it gets the boys moving. Mackie jumps and leaps and kicks all over the place with it, and he has plenty of energy to work off.
It was a nice Yule, but bittersweet because it's probably the last one Kala will ever celebrate with us.
Anyway, she distributed gifts and the single red rose to remind us that spring will eventually arrive, guaranteed, then left. The gifts for the boys included small bags of candy and . . . and Xbox 360 with a Kinect.
Yeah, Berchte brings the good stuff.
Oddly, the boys didn't get too excited about it. At first I was puzzled--and rather annoyed. Then I realized that they didn't know what it was. Even when I told them it was the same game they'd played at Uncle Paul's house at Thanksgiving, they didn't make the connection (Kinection?). I finally hooked it up and =then= they got it.
An evening of play followed.
The Kinect is a great deal of fun. However, one disadvantage is that it isn't very relaxing. It forces you to jump and move and rush around, so you're not kicking back and chilling out. If you're a little tired and just want to zone out with some video games, the Kinect isn't very useful. But it's enormous fun otherwise.
I like that it gets the boys moving. Mackie jumps and leaps and kicks all over the place with it, and he has plenty of energy to work off.
It was a nice Yule, but bittersweet because it's probably the last one Kala will ever celebrate with us.