Sonic

March 13, 2008

Three or four weeks ago, I bought a used Nintendo GameCube on Ebay. My thought was that it would be nice to have the system in the van for long trips. I wasn't even thinking that Katie would have an interest in playing it. Soon after it arrived, I ordered Mega Sonic, which contains seven Sonic the Hedgehog games. On the day that the Sonic games arrived, I popped the disc into the GameCube just to be certain that the GameCube worked. Katie watched me play a couple of minutes of Sonic with interest but didn't ask for a turn to play.

The next night, she did.

And she's been captivated with the little blue hedgehog ever since. In fact, she now includes Sonic as one of her pretend characters, along with Ariel from Little Mermaid, and a made-up "Kelly" bluebird.

When she pretends to be Sonic, I get to be Tails the fox.

We let her play a few minutes of Sonic each night. It's surprising how much of the game strategy she has picked up in such a short amount of time.

Tonight, while Melissa went grocery shopping, Katie and I had a great time playing Sonic on the Gamecube. It was one of the most relaxing and enjoyable evenings I've spent with her in a long time.