Words He Never Thought He'd Hear

I'm doing some knitting. Princess was playing Wii for a while on her own, but then wanted her Daddy to join her. They played Wii Ski for quite a while. Then she wanted to play Disney Princess Wii. And yes, she wanted Daddy to play with her. In this game you get to "make your own princess". My daughter turns to her Daddy (my macho husband, with tattoos up and down his arms) and says, "Daddy, are you ready to pick your dress?" Yes, these are words a dad never expects to hear.

No Shoes Required

It has been a long time since I worked out or did anything physical (other than being the mommy of a 5 year old). To be completely honest, I hate to work out. The thing I hate most about it is wearing shoes. Weird, I know. Then there is the fact that I have my daughter with me 24/7 and the fact that I just don't want to join a gym.

Yes, I certainly have created a lot of obstacles. Still, I'm getting older and I want to be healthy and fit. I eat a healthy Nourishing Traditions style diet. Which I have to say is the most delicious way of eating. Now if only I could get myself moving, right? The vertigo is finally waning and I think I have found the secret.

Wii Fit! Oh my gosh, this is so fun! I actually look forward to working out. And I don't have to wear shoes. I go for a run through this cool park and I'm barefoot. Loving that! I get to hula hoop and have even earned a super hula hoop game. I tried the step aerobics and confirmed what I already knew, I hate step aerobics, so that will be something I never do. But the rest of it, at least what I've tried so far, is FUN! I still can't believe I'm saying this.

Then just for giggles, and the fact that there are no shoes involved, I started the yoga class offered at Village Home on Thursdays while the Princess is in her Village Life class. It was an awesome yoga class and I look forward to next week. I have to say after two days of Wii Fit and a day of yoga, I'm feeling pretty sore and really great!

I also wanted to share that I tried Aliceson's favorite salad with a slight modification (blue cheese instead of feta because that's what I had on hand). I made a giant version to have for dinner and I have to agree that this is YUM! Thanks for sharing it Aliceson!

Out Of the Dark Ages

The last video game system I had was Atari back in the early 80s. Remember “Pong” and “Space Invaders”? Yes, it’s true. I had played no video games since then. To be honest, my husband and I talked about it and decided that it was highly unlikely that we ever would get one. He had concerns about becoming obsessed with it and honestly he doesn’t have the time to sit around playing video games, but then, who does? I, well, I just never had a desire. The little Princess plays online games and computer games all the time so she has been fine with our decision. Well, she didn’t really know we made a decision, but she didn’t know about video games other than on the computer.

I started to change my feelings about video games when I heard about the Wii Fit. Nothing really came of it and I moved on (sort of). Then my sister and her boyfriend got a Wii and brought it over to play during Hanukkah. Princess LOVED it! My husband and I sorta dug it, too.

The thing we like about the Wii is that it isn’t a traditional video game where you stare at a screen with that glazed look on your face, pressing buttons. This video game is active! You move! Yes! So we are now the proud owners of the Wii and Wii Fit. We just bought We Ski and some pirate game (pirates are very popular in our house) from the used Wii game shelf at the store on Sunday. We need some more game ideas though! We are definitely more interested in the active ones that a princess and fairy loving 5 year old would like, too. Any suggestions?