Yoshi Has Hatched

Besides the whole being obsessed with October, Halloween and all things autominal, there has been another obsession at the Shaw house. (No, it's not the cute little bundle of boy-joy. He has yet to visit the Nest...but in two weeks, watch out Santa Maria!) Anyways, it is this little obsession that was brought out of retirement a few weeks ago: Super Mario World on GameBoy! Michael and I each have our own file on the game, and we're each at different levels. Let me just say that Michael is THE master of Mario. Fauf is the Padewan learner, and boy has she been learning. On game one she could barely get Mario to jump a ledge and bop a turtle. But now she has lept multiple ledges and bopped multiple turtles and in the process improved her skills significantly. She has conquered multiple worlds, haunted house, castles, and oceans. Some credit must go to Michael who has given her tips, helped her in a few sticky situations, and has given his moral support. (Yet one time when the Fauf and Ig raced for the game, Fauf got it first, but Michael used his size and strength to steal if from her, which she thought was cheating and not a very noble thing to do.) So there you have it: another obsession. You must get the impression by now that the Shaws are an imbalanced couple who are always flitting from one obsession to the other. You're right...although they never really take these obsession to much heart! Although this obsession has left Fauf's thumbs calloused and stiff.
In the words of Mario himself, "Mama Mia!"