Minecraft is for Big Girls

Ashlyn just said, "Mommy, I'm going to play Minecraft all by myself."

Madison heard the announcement and saw Ashlyn climbing up on the couch with a laptop so she rushed over to help. She started the game and left her to play. Ashlyn's happy to click the two buttons and she isn't really going anywhere in the game but is quite proud to be a big kid that can play alone.

Clone Wars for a 1 Year Old?

In an effort to keep the piano lesson quiet for Ben I found myself trying to entice Jacob and Ashlyn (and Anderson) upstairs by promising a movie. We had already ran around the block a bundle of times, rode bikes, petted the neighbors dog and they wanted to go inside from the heat. It took me a long time to figure out how to make the wii actually work and we started them playing Star Wars clone wars light saber duels. As soon as it started Ashlyn, my not quite two year old, started yelling "I Luke!!! I Luke!!!" I had no idea she knew anything about the wii or Star Wars. I guess Ben plays more than I thought. She never settled down and screamed for the rest of the lesson until Ben came upstairs to join the little boys exclaiming, "I KNEW I heard this game!"