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• 07:19 Good morning. Kids & Daddy day is officially underway. And yes, it was a rough night, lots of wakeups. 5yo is sick. #
• 07:40 If anyone wants to save $5 on Animoto’s All-Access Pass, and want to help me out too, use my referral code patyxriq when you sign up! thx! #
• 07:44 And just to show it’s a two way street, first person to DM me with THEIR Animoto referral code I’ll use it to buy my year pass too. kthxbai! #
• 08:01 So just to recap… My ANIMOTO referral code is patyxriq and worth $5 off the All-Access Pass. 1st person to DM me THEIR code, I’ll use. #
• 10:27 5yo is sleeping. At 11AM. She’s definitely sick. Not much appetite, but she did manage a bit of pear, and a bit of juice. #
• 12:15 Tidying up the lunch dishes. Kids are playing with the dollhouse I made this morning using the cardboard box from our shop vac. #
• 15:49 Making congee. Kids are watching Sharon Lois and Bram on Youtube. #
• 16:17 Mario Kart Wii is loads of fun. Kids are rapidly improving. Considering getting another one of those wheels. It works pretty well, actually! #
• 16:22 DW just got home. And now it’s pouring rain, so she just missed it, thank God! #

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from engadget.com - Just when you think all of your nostalgic fantasies have all been fulfilled, along comes Nintendo with a little extra joy for your retro heart. That “little extra” in this case happens to be Commodore 64 games for your Wii.

Oh man, Commodore 64 games! Fun times, fun times.

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Disney today announces Ultimate Band for the Wii. A music and rhythm video game which will require no new peripherals to be purchased to be played.

Now that last part is intriguing. They’re saying that they will use just the Wiimote and the Nunchuck controllers to simulate the drums, guitar and bass. That should be interesting. I think that if they can pull this off, it definitely might be a Rock Band ‘killer’. However, there is something to be said for actually hitting pads and holding a guitar shaped controller to really get you in the ‘rock out’ mode! Especially hitting things. I like hitting things. (My favourite Muppets character? Animal.) For the full story click on “read more” below.

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