Finding something that the four of us can do together is… let’s say… tricky.

My son, for example, loves the Monopoly board game.  My daughter can’t add or subtract or sit still for a four hour board game.  My daughter loves to color, and my son is so. over. coloring.  *eye roll*

We watch a lot of movies as a family (and Lord knows even finding a movie we can all agree on can be agonizing), but once in a while it’d be nice to do something together where talking is allowed.

Enter Hasboro’s Family Game Night for the Wii, which we’ve apparently had forever but never played before.

We played this together for the first time last Friday night, and it was a big hit with everyone.

My son likes it because his little sister can’t cheat.  My daughter likes it because she gets to take her own turn and the game will keep score for her and pretty much make her follow the rules whether she understands them or not.  My husband and I like it because OMG NO ONE IS FIGHTING! FOR TWO WHOLE HOURS!

The game features several “classic” board games from Hasboro, including Yahtzee, Battleship, Connect 4, Sorry and Sorry Sliders.  Our favorite game was Sorry Sliders, mainly because we got a kick out of knocking each other off the board.  The game Boggle is also included, and I am dying to kick my husband’s ass play this with my husband one night after the kids go to bed.

If you have a family on your Christmas list, this is a great gift idea.  (Tell me I’m not the only one who saves money at Christmas by giving to the unit instead of to each member individually.)

If you have my family on  your Christmas list, there is a Family Game Night 2 out.

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