Jan. 15, 2008 - Hunting of the Wii
Our family started looking for a Wii back in October. We knew we probably wouldn't find one for Christmas, so we told MBB that we would buy one as soon as we could. In the mall yesterday, he begged to go into a little computer shop to see if they had one. They had a big box on display, but sadly, it was empty. The clerk told MBB that they might get one in the next day if we called in early. Of course today was the first day of our new Bible study, so we couldn't call right away. Somehow I didn't figure that skipping Bible study to go get a WIi was setting the right example :) The Bible study is in a town about 8 miles from ours. Dutiful (crazed) mother that I am, I called the game store as soon as we got out of Bible study. The store had gotten one Wii in. MBB said "FLOOR IT, MOM!" I took all the back farm roads I know, to get there quickly, but that wasn't quick enough. "Can we just drive through the fields...I can see the mall!" I managed to convince my rabid son that we would get stuck in the mud and that county roads were probably the way to go.
I was almost afraid to ask if the store still had the Wii once we arrived. It was like walking into a saloon in an old western. All the gamers were leaning up against the glass counter like it was a bar. Their heads swiveled and all eyes were on us as we entered the store. "You don't happen to still have that Wii, do you ?" I squeaked, sure that if I said it too loud, an angry mob would come wrench it away from us. The clerk disappeared into the back room and came back with the sacred item. ..
So now it sits in the living room, awaiting my husband's arrival. Here are some things we wrote to keep us busy while we waited:
Pop and Sunny get a Weed
By MRB
(Pop is a balloon and Sunny is a flower..characters the kids made up)
A new Intendo Weed came out. Pop and Sunny wanted one. Their mom said it was a silly thing to get an Intendo Weed when you could lie down in the sun. But Pop and Sunny still wanted one. Their father wanted one too, so he said it wasn't a silly idea. Since there were two flower persons and one balloon person who wanted an Intendo Weed, one night they got a Intento Weed when their mom was asleep. (Pop was having a sleep-over with Sunny.) Then they got the Intendo Weed, and they were all happy. Then the mom was happy because her kids weren't sad anymore.
The Hunting of the Wii (with thanks to Lewis Carroll)
by Mom
You seek it on Ebay
You seek it online
You hunt it at Target and BestBuy
You threaten to buy a PS3
and charm shop clerks with tales of woe
("That's exactly the method," the websites bold
In a hasty parenthesis cried,
"That's exactly the way I have always been told
That the capture of a Wii should be tried!")
" 'But oh, beamish geek, beware of the day,
If your Wii be a Boojum! For then
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
And never be met with again!'
They sought it in on Ebay,
They sought it online
They pursued it at Target and BestBuy
They threatened to buy a PS3
and charmed shop clerks with tales of woe
They shuddered to think that the chase might fail,
And the Boy, excited at last,
Went bounding along hot on the trail,
For the season was nearly past.
"There is MBB shouting!" the Mother said,
"He is shouting like mad, only see!
He is waving his hands, he is wagging his head,
He has certainly found a Wii!"
"It's a Wii" was the sound that first came to their ears,
And the box there it was, quite large.
Then followed a torrent of laughter and cheers:
Then the ominous words "Debit or Charge"
Comments
Feb. 6, 2008 - "Weee! We have a Wii!"
Posted by your little sister
The hunting of the snark?
I take it you are a balloon person? If so tell them I said you're balloons have flowers on them!
Congratulations on getting the Wii!
Apr. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by 4kiddos4me
What a fun adventure! Congrats on locating a Wii - our kids are chomping at the bit to get one too.
I also enjoyed your "comebacks" post. I'd like to add you as a friend :o)
