Sunday's BIG Decision

As we completed our normal Sunday morning cleaning routine, Paige made mention that the new Xbox One will be coming out next month. This, of course, sparked an immediate information quest. James needed to know the release date, the pricing, and what games would/would not be available for this upcoming dream toy. Que mommy light bulb!

It was exactly the opening I've been waiting to plead my case on the subject of switching around the game systems! I've always felt that the Wii should be hooked up in the living room. For starters, all the games I want to everyone likes to play are for the Wii. Second, we have four controllers for it while the Xbox only has two. Third, you don't need space to play Xbox. We don't have the Kinect for it, so there's no hopping, jumping, running in place, or any other physical activity required. The girls' room does not allow enough space for them to really use the Wii the way it was meant to be used. If my girls are going to play games, I'd rather they get a workout while doing so. Especially with winter just around the corner, I feel it's going to be important for them to burn off some of their energy. Fourth, he's the only person who gives one hoot about playing with the Xbox. At least until Christmas gets here and we unveil Disney Infinity.

James loves his Xbox and he loves his TV. Me, personally, I'm not attached to either item. When we first got the new TV back in February, he was adamant about having it hooked up to the bigger TV. Since he worked so hard to get it and it was the only thing he coveted for himself, I didn't put up a fight. But the door of possibility was open a crack and I broke it wide open before the winds of change slammed it shut in my face again. "Hunnie, you don't really use the Xbox much with it being in the common area. You can't play Call of Duty Zombies while the little ones are up so it's just sitting there collecting dust. Plus, wouldn't you rather have the girls play Disney Infinity in our room rather than on your big TV?" I'm clever when I want to be and I know how to spin a tale to make it look like I was really thinking of his benefit. Which I was... cough... kinda.

So he we made a big decision yesterday, well big for our family. We moved the Wii out of the girls' room to the main TV and the Xbox to our room. Hurray, I get my games back!!!! Hello Spyro, how I have missed you!!! I mean... Now the girls won't just sit around all winter. It was for the benefit of the family, really I swear!