Kintropy In Action

This morning Gabriel came into Hannah’s room while she was still sleeping.

"Will you play Mario Galaxy with me?"

I try to be available for the kids. I will usually stop what I’m doing, such as leave the dishwasher half-empty and clean clothes unfolded to play with them upon request.

I look at him and at Hannah. Mario Galaxy is on the Wii and in our family room on the other sided of the house. "I can’t go that far from Hannah’s room." I was about to suggest a game on the computer in the room next store. He stopped me with a new request.

"How about Mario on the DS? We will turn off the sound so we don’t wake Hannah."

It sounded like a great solution even though I really just wanted to go back to sleep. We have two Nintendo DS-es in the house. They come with a built in wireless wi-fi connection so they can be networked and you can play the same game with one another in real time. In my wildest dreams as a child I don’t think I ever considered this possibility.

So we lay down on the floor next to each other cradling our DS-es. Our feet usually touch as we both stare at our own screens we have conversations and even work in teams to solve problems.

A modern mother and son bonding moment.

--Mom