Hit Gift!

For the last I don't know how long, Jack has been studying and discussing the finer points to the video game Mario Kart 8.  He has a vast amount on knowledge about this game that he has only played a handful of times on a demo at the store or at his primary teachers house.  This year I decided that when we got our tax return I would splurge and get the family the Wii U and then I would get Jack the Mario Kart 8 game for his birthday.  I learned something that made me quite happy.  I didn't know you could download games to the Wii U.  There is nothing more frustrating to me than buying a game that gets scratched and then no longer functions.  What a pain.  I didn't purchase the hard copy of Mario Kart 8 but rather downloaded it directly onto the Wii U console.  I am excited about that.  Anyways, this evening I had a chance to get the Wii account set up and then was able to buy the game and download it to the console.  Once it finished downloading, which did take quite a while, Jack played the first Grand Prix and won the entire thing.  He didn't just win either, he dominated every race and even knew short cuts and other tricks.  Impressive.  Following his victory he let Natty and Andy join in the fun and they have been playing without incident for the last hour and 20 minutes or so.  Fantastic.  Maybe I shouldn't be letting them play for that amount of time but they were all excited.  The gift is a hit!  The kids are loving it and I am enjoying the fact that they are enjoying themselves.  No worries all, we went out and played some tennis, rode bikes and scooters before coming in and turning on the game.  It's not all sitting down and exercising thumbs!