THE SIMPSONS NEWS

I’m slowly making my way through the scenes I need to get done for the show. There were a few last minute scenes I needed to do yesterday but for the most part, I’m making good progress.

FAMILY

Saturday I took the kids out with me to the board game store.  At the store, they made a bee line for some rubber ducks that were out on display for the game duck! duck! Go!. When the kids are older (6 and up), I so want to get this game for them.

I’d totally go for the Justice League rubber ducks.

It looks like a lot of fun.

I also saw the game Pitch Car (which I want to get) but it’s a bit too pricey right now at  $80.00.  I heard it’s great.

A game about flicking “race cars” around a track.

I saw lots of other games I wanted to pick up (but didn’t).  The kids had a good time looking at the games.  Almost as much fun as I did.

When we left and went back home, we dropped off Dante for his afternoon nap and left for the local pet store.  Munchkin had a fantastic time looking at all the animals.  Her favorites where the fish and the birds.  I liked the hamsters and the rats but I know better than to own any of those (I used to have some when I was younger).  I can’t take it when they die.  I get too attached.

On Sunday we all went to Mass together. This basically meant that I payed absolutely no attention to the Mass what so ever, even though the kids where relatively well behaved, mainly because they kept me distracted the whole time as I tried to get them to not cause trouble. After we got home and the kids took a nap, we went out again and went to the mall (just so we had something to do). We wandered around, had some ice cream and Alesha bought a thing or two.

One thing caught Munchkin’s eye. A bike, just her size.  She sat on it and wanted to peddle it out the store.  I liked the way she looked in it and I wanted her to have it so we got it for her on the way back out of the mall.  After all, it was only 30 bucks.  Less than the prize of a video game.

Monday she rode on it.  The bike is really kinda crummy.  If you stop pedaling the bike stops.  Kinda like a tricycle.  Unfortunately Munchkin discovered that she has absolutely no strength in her legs.  She was having a really difficult time trying to get the bike to move.  Most of the time I had to help her by giving her a push.

On that same day, Dante built up the nerve to slide down the slide at the playground by himself.  He climbed up the steps by himself and once he got to the top, he would turn around and go down the slide, feet first, on his belly.  It was really funny to see.  He was very proud of himself and loved doing it.  He spent all his time doing it over and over.

BOARD GAMES

So we ended up playing the Advance Wars board game (aka. Skirmish Wars: Advance Tactics), I printed out, with Andy last  Friday.  It was fantastic!  It works really well.  The game plays a bit long so you we ended up borrowing the end game rules from the Command and Colors games (games like BattleLore) in order to have the game end faster.  Andy ended up winning because of a blunder I made.  Otherwise things were looking pretty bleak for him.  The game has almost no luck at all. It plays very much like a game in the style of Final Fantasy Tactics or Fire Emblem only every “Figure” represents a unit of troops. Also, you are able to capture buildings in the game in order to get more money at the beginning of your turn which enables you to pay for more expensive more powerful units.  The only luck in the game is a dice you roll you make in order to see if you do an extra point of damage during an attack, otherwise the damage you will do to your opponent is a known quantity.  If really fun.  I highly recommend it and you really can beat the price, free.

VIDEO GAMES

I’ve written about Magic: The Gathering before, but now, if you own an Xbox 360 you will be able to play the game without having to buy any cards.  The game is coming out  for  Xbox LIVE Arcade on June 17th for 800 MS points.  It seems like it’s going to play fairly well.  The only thing I thought was kinda odd is that you won’t be able to buy “booster packs” in the game in order to customize your deck.  It will only let you unlock one card at a time as you win matches. That’s the only way you will be able to customize your deck. Otherwise, you only get pre-constructed decks to play the game with.  That said, I think the game sounds fun.  After I read about the game, I actually considered maybe getting an Xbox 360 for the first time.  I doubt I could afford to buy one even if I wanted one though.

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