Lazy Evenings

Most evenings are lazy...
I get in from work (recently a bit later than normal - 6:30pm) and have dinner. By the time that's up it's gone 7pm. So me and the boy play Xbox for half an hour or so before he goes to bed.
Kath falls asleep shortly after that and I end up vegging watching TV or linking up for some GTA IV with Dave - which seems to last for hours! ;)

Hayden is well into Lego Star Wars, and I found Lego Indy for the bargain price of just $14.99 (2nd hand) and a brand new Lego Batman for $19.99. That's like £22 for two awesome Xbox games!
We've been training him and rewarding him with Lightsaber pieces when he does well throughout the day. Each Lightsaber has 10 pieces to make the blade and there are 4 Lightsabers in total for different tasks, waking up and keeping quiet until the alarm, eating all meals satisfactorily, having a dry nappy throughout the night and using good manners.
It's taken him a good few weeks to complete all 4 Lightsabers, and he was promised a big reward at the end. He deserves it..
However he has now become an XBox junkie....


Games are great. I love games, I program games, I play games. I've always played games... but without wanting him to turn into an anemic unsociable lay about (of which the press love to make a point of, of stereotypical gamers) we must ensure that we moderate it and he learns timing and good practice. Otherwise he'll turn into a WoW addict before we know it, and start talking Ye Olde English when ordering drinks at the local 'tavern'.
Hmmm... I like those types of people... but I don't want my son becoming one!!!
Geeks!
We've already had the blank looks, being ignored and the tantrums when it gets turned off, not to mention the Lee Turner style throwing of the controllers when he gets frustrated at a difficult jump!
So, last night we went to the beach for dinner at dusk.
We went to Tea Hill Park, a nice 'venue'.


I love MoMo...
It was a particularly awesome sunset. Now it's later in the year, still warm but the sun seems.... lower :)

This is a cool thing to do. People just seem to have the time on PEI. Imagine it, you finish work, and then just go for a para sail for a couple of hours around the bay...

It was starting to get dark at 8ish before the kite surfing dude decided to head back in.

We headed home shortly afterwards...

... and Hayden played a half hour of Lego Indy before bed :)