Who says that video games aren't educatonal?

It's no secret that I love to play video games. I love to play games as a family and I love to play games by myself. I don't get a lot of time to play because I usually have things that I need to get done.

This morning I had a few minutes to myself, so I turned on the Wii and was playing ExciteBots. It's a game where you race robots around different courses around the world. While racing you can earn stars by doing different things. Depending on how many stars you earn, you get different grades. Passing grades are 'B's and 'A's, but the best grade is an 'S'. Just because I love to play doesn't mean that I'm very good. I did a couple of courses and didn't have any problem with them. Rainer was watching me play and when the game showed me the grade I had earned, he would let me know what it was, "You got 'S'." He was right every time. I wanted to try one more course before starting on my day, but it was giving me some problems. He let me know that I earned a 'B', and an 'A', but that I didn't earn an 'S'. Each time I earned a 'B' or 'A' he was right (I played it 4 or 5 times trying to get that 'S').

He may only be 2 1/2, but he at least knows three of his letters!