I knew the day would come when I would say, "Son lets try this video game." I had no idea the day would come before Xander was 2.5 years old. Nevertheless, I was excited to introduce him to one of my very first video games experiences, and I was ecstatic to see how much he was enjoying himself.
We played Duck Hunt on Sunday night and Xander admittedly wasn't the world's greatest hunter, yet he stayed at it for about 20 minutes until it was time for bed (FYI, toddlers playing video games before bed time is not a very good idea). When Lyndsay and i went to bed last night I said to her that if Xander is anything like his dad he will want to play the duck game immediately after waking up tomorrow morning.
Sure enough, five minutes after waking Xander was ready to pump some holes into the the pixeled ducks and when he came home from daycare he wanted to play again. Now up until this point he hadn't really gotten that "far" in the game; but he had managed to get to round two on one of his attempts and that attempt required some beginners luck. But early this evening Xander came into his own and blasted his way into the 6th round of flying ducks where the ducks fly "really fast."
I said, "Round six, mommy can't even make it this far!" My two year old can make it to Round Six! On Duck Hunt! I couldn't be more proud.
