Our boys received, as a shared Christmas gift from us, what they deemed as the most interactive and fun game they have ever tried.  Even a week before Christmas, they were so enthusiastic to try out their new gift. So, this is how the 4 of us became so fascinated by Kinect for Xbox 360 since last week.

Wow! Kinect is really such a great activity to enable “KINS” (of course friends, lovers too)  to “CONNECT” *grin*.

Kinect is equipped with a sensor and allows full body play on any ground surface (as long as the distance requirement is met) without any controller in our hand.  We like the fact that we can play with bare hands *thumbs up* and it is so convenient to play simply by recognising our body movement and voice.

The slim Kinect equipment

So, all we have to do is to let our body do the motion.  We drive. We are into Adventure. We bowl. We play table tennis. We run. We play soccer. We swerve our bodies. We roll. Yay! All these without having to leave the comfort of home. There are many more activities depending on the games played.

One moment he is jumping

Next, he is kicking

So, what game is Bren playing? Papa sitting at the side…waiting for his turn or exercising parental control??

Then it can be serious play

 Papa Ed said I made them laugh because I am dancing and flying instead of “gaming” in those tense adventure games. Err…I thought ladies are supposed to be graceful?

Looks who’s talking. Here I have proof of another flying and dancing bird in graceful motion:)

 The more we play together, the merrier we’ll be

I cannot believe that the game has tempted me to be so into sports now *wink*. The adult Sports version has enabled me to be engaged in personal exercises and others like YOGA in solitude *hehe*.  And what do I have to do when I have two energetic and active young ones and a stronger man as competitors?  Of course, I put in my best and want to show the younger ones that it is not about age or gender.

[No wonder my arms and legs are all aching over now. Haha...that is the price of keeping up with these males who are full of zest *lol*.]

At the end, it is not about winning, of course. Most of the activities generate so much laughter and fun. We always like to take a look at our photo snapshots at the end of each activity because we get to see those candid moments of fun and excitement we had together. And we let our video camera do us the service of capturing our candid ugly and fun sights and our clumsy actions can be really funny!

See…what I mean when I say ugly and candid sights. Oops! Mommy seemed more excited than son.

Laughters…..

More laughters

What an entertaining way to connect and bond! It definitely makes Papa Ed and I feel younger. Most importantly, it is a form of exercise and enable our brain to concentrate too while staying vigilant in those games.

However, my advice is for parental guidance for young children who are “Kinect”ing.  Better to ensure no addiction and no incidental injury as our children can get wild while playing. I made it very clear to our boys that once school starts, there will be scheduled play only. We are also selective over the games that they engage in.

As for me, besides those great times that I spend with our young ones, I enjoy those moments championing Papa Ed to a game of sports or partnering each other in a game against our boys.  Strangely, our boys do win us sometimes and that does make them feel GREAT!  Haha…I hope to get really toned soon with that body shake and move. At least, it is comforting to know that those energy exerted is burning my unwanted calories *lol*.

[BTW, this is NOT an advertorial for the product.]

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