School of Rock

The kids and I spent the evening yesterday playing the outstanding Guitar Hero III for the Wii. (Guitar Hero is a series of music-based video games where the player pushes buttons on a guitar-shaped controller to play along with the on-screen band.)

Zach has picked it up pretty quickly, and is working his way through all of the songs on the beginner setting. Phoebe is still working on her timing, but she's got the makings of a future rock star.

Ben mostly just likes to hold the guitar controller. And when he's not asking for his turn, he likes dancing around the room to the music while the rest of us are rocking the house.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

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by Phoebe

Once some trolls lived under a bridge.

One day, a bad guy fell in love with a good guy. And everytime the ruler of bad guys told them to get away from the good guy, they danced and kissed. And the bad guy just went crazy.

And then he fainted.

And anyway the trolls were babies.

And they stayed with each other all the night. So the next day they married. While the bad guy just sat in jail.

(to be continued?)