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Kate is very into playing the Wii. I think it is such a great game to play individually and as a family. We really like bopping around the living room swinging at tennis balls and hitting baseballs out of the park! It is so fun to watch Kate play - she gets REALLY into it, creating her own running commentary ("YES! And it's OUT OF THE PARK!" "YES! He COULDN'T return the BALL!") She absolutely loves it, it is good exercise and I am thoroughly entertained.

Yesterday she was creating a new character, called a "Mii", on the game. You can create different people to play as and change all kinds of features like eyes, hair, body type, lips etc. Kate really wanted to create a new character and so she did! When she was done she asked me what I thought. I looked at the character and realized it was a little more "intense", shall we say. Her first character is sweet, smiling and happy with a cute hairdo. This one looks stern and has a very severe haircut. Lastly, Kate pointed out to me, "do you see the eyebrows?" I said yes I did and must have looked perplexed because Kate informed me "They are ANGRY eyebrows, Mom." Indeed, the eyebrows were like sharp lines pointing down toward her nose - angry indeed. I asked her "Why did you give yourself angry eyebrows, Kate?"

She replied, in an enthusiastic and loud voice "Because I want to WIN!!!!!"

I love that angry eyebrows equals fierce determination to succeed! ha ha ha

Wow. Where does she get this competitive streak? I have no idea, really. :)