Funny, funny Benjamin

Daniel and Wayne hauled out the Nintendo this week and played a few games.  Benjamin loves to watch his big brother play video games, and sometimes he joins in.  When I say Nintendo, I don't mean Wii or even 64.  I mean an ORIGINAL Nintendo.  We bought it on ebay last year.  Daniel particularly likes to play Mario 3.  Also, Daniel and Benjamin have a cousins in Texas who dressed as Mario and Luigi for a costume party this week.  So, we've had a Nintendo kind of week lately.

This leads me to the funny story about Benjamin.  He was saying his prayers last night, and as all little kids do, he likes to throw in random requests relating to his friends, toys, etc.  So when he said, "And please bless Mario to win," I wasn't really surprised.  When he finished, I gently reminded him that we don't pray about Nintendo games.  He just looked at me like I had lost my mind.  After a few seconds, I realized my mistake.

He was referring to his aunt's brother Mario (and no, that doesn't make him his uncle).  My brother's wife Jacqueline has a brother who is on a reality show in Spain.  Benjamin has met Mario before, and he saw me voting for Mario earlier this week.  I just didn't realize that he cared so much.

So, if you want to make Benjamin's day, you can vote for our friend Mario on his reality show in Spain.  Unfortunately, my Spanish isn't really good enough to watch the show.  But we can all vote here for  Mario's Reality Show.  Obviously, that isn't what it's really called, but that's what we all call it.  It's a show about teenagers who have to act as though they are in high school in Spain during the 1960s.  At least, I think that is what it's about.  Mario is currently winning.  You can vote for him about once every 15 minutes.  It's kinda fun, and unlike reality shows in the US, the voting numbers are only in the thousands, not millions.  Which means our votes actually count for something.