RB: taking it back, o7d sk007

[that's my version of old school in leetspeak, if you couldn't read the title]

So, my cousin-in-law (?) Kallee wrote a fun post about playing Super Mario Brothers on the Wii. I didn't know that you could buy something for Wii that let you play all the games that I used to play when I was a kid. You may be officially obsessed with Mario, but I know that Jill and I were officially obsessed with the Wii over our Christmas break. It was snowing so much in Rexburg that we hardly ventured out much, and we spent a large part of our time playing Wii Tennis and Bowling. We even tried the Wii Fit (and man were my hips sore from the hula hoop one!).

Yay for cool games like Super Mario Bro's. Sadly, I don't recall ever beating it myself, but I did have a cool babysitter growing up who would get us to level 8 with a whole bunch of lives (you know, where it stops being numbers and you get the crown and other symbols). Then we'd just play for a long time. She would also bring over other cool games like Contra and Boxing -- she had a better selection than we did. Although Bubble Bobble was a good one that we had, too.

As kids, our time was limited on the NES, and I think mom wasn't thrilled that our grandparents got us the system one year for Christmas/Hanukkah. Apparently, though, Mom would be out there at night playing for hours "trying to figure out why we liked it so much." (I imagine she still does the same thing with the xBox and Guitar Hero that they have at home now.)

Fun times -- thanks for helping bring back some memories, Kallee!
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