Hi there, This is Grandpa Laidlaw
My family is really neat. One of the fun things done by the women is to have a special Girls Night Out every once in awhile. About a year ago, the second youngest grandson, 9 at the time, called all the men and arranged for a Boy's Night Out at the same time. We just recently had another one.
One granddaughter recently came of age, so to speak, so all the other women gave her a party.
One very special thing they do is to write a letter of advice and encouragement to the newbie. I think it is a wonderful thing. In rtoday's atmosphere we need all the help, love and encouragement we can get.
On the boys side we got together and played video games. we had an X-box 360
and a Wii, as well as regular computer games. As an old fart, 71, I can't match the speed of the new games, but I have become adicted to the Wii, because it has a sports game which lets you bowl, golf, play tennis or baseball, and the experience is almost real. Instead of just finger motions, the Wii uses a contr5oller that translates real motions to the screen. So you swing your arm to bowl, just the way you do at the bowling alley. Pretty soon you find yourself trying to put English on the ball, jumping and shouting at a strike, etc. An important feature for me is that it is not so incredibly fast that I can't keep up with it.
My family is really neat. One of the fun things done by the women is to have a special Girls Night Out every once in awhile. About a year ago, the second youngest grandson, 9 at the time, called all the men and arranged for a Boy's Night Out at the same time. We just recently had another one.
One granddaughter recently came of age, so to speak, so all the other women gave her a party.
One very special thing they do is to write a letter of advice and encouragement to the newbie. I think it is a wonderful thing. In rtoday's atmosphere we need all the help, love and encouragement we can get.
On the boys side we got together and played video games. we had an X-box 360
and a Wii, as well as regular computer games. As an old fart, 71, I can't match the speed of the new games, but I have become adicted to the Wii, because it has a sports game which lets you bowl, golf, play tennis or baseball, and the experience is almost real. Instead of just finger motions, the Wii uses a contr5oller that translates real motions to the screen. So you swing your arm to bowl, just the way you do at the bowling alley. Pretty soon you find yourself trying to put English on the ball, jumping and shouting at a strike, etc. An important feature for me is that it is not so incredibly fast that I can't keep up with it.
Too fun!!!
ReplyDeleteThe magic never stops, Grandpa!
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