Goodbye Family Bingo

We have a tradition when it comes to family gatherings, we play bingo. It is a great time, mom's surprisingly competitive streak comes out. So every time we all get together, out comes the bingo set and we get down to business; Mom heckles the bingo caller, dad quietly wins all the prizes, and i wonder if anyone would notice if i read my book. When you win a round of family bingo you get to draw a prize out of our lovely bag of FABULOUS PRIZES (basically cheap crap from the dollar store, most of which gets put back into the bag for next time) But the real prize bragging rights that you beat all of your family at a game that is purely luck. But this weekend a strange thing happened.....my little sister got a Wii. Our family gathering turned into a fiercely competitive game of Wii bowling. Mom gaining the title "the legend" convinced that it was all in the form..and would lunge every time and hold that lunge until that ball hit those pins. Dad cursing the spin on his ball every turn. And Steph, by far my favourite of the forms we saw that night with what i won't be able to do justice by explaining...it was something you kind of had to see but there was a kick and she always ended with a statue of liberty arm. It was so much fun that we played competitions all night long.
So i say....Goodbye family bingo and hello to Wii family bowling! A new Tradition is Born!