Saturday, November 29, 2008

The Agony of Defeat



It finally happened. My child beat me in a game. Now, I'm no wiz on video games..I admit that. However, Sophie has always been a hot mess with anything that requires fine or gross motor skills. Watching her try to figure out the Wii last year was painful. In the past couple of days a light switch was apparantly turned on and Sophie uses the controller with ease. She challanged me to a game of bowling this morning and I felt pretty confident that I could beat a 5-year old. Seeing her practice and getting strikes and spares effortlessly I really did give it my all. I figured if I beat her it would be a life lesson. Lesson to me. Sophie got 124, I got 123.

I better start practicing!