I’m no longer Wii-Fit. Sorry. Life got in the way in January. Don’t worry, my husband and I still compete in other areas, as it should be.

But I’m watching my eating and if we all just forget about the late night appointment I had with a day-old Sprinkles cupcake on Monday then I’m doing quite well.

However, my daughter, the Wii-Fit not withstanding, is currently becoming very skilled on the Wii. Maybe too skilled.

Quick digression and I will explain.

This same daughter, my champion speller seven-year-old, the kid who was reading at age four, the one who can pretty much look at anything and have it memorized within a five minute time span, the girl who has had sight words down before she entered Kindergarten (trust me, I’m neither exaggerating nor bragging), missed a simple spelling word in the car this morning.

The long “e” sound this week: words like “she”, and “bee” and “sheep”…easy for her. Then I asked her to spell “we” and I used it in a sentence…”We go to the store.”

Her answer? (remember, champion speller and memorizer)

“W, E, I, I?”

ARGHHH! Too much Wii playing, apparently. Too much exposure to the wrong way to spell something. I don’t blame her, or technology even, I am just now aware of all the minute details of life my kids will have to master that I never did. Like the difference between “we” and “Wii”, obviously homonyms.

I’m sure technology and all of its drawbacks will affect this generation of children in ways that we will never be able to measure until its too late. And the only thing I can do is stay informed and be a moderating element in my daughters’ lives. I can make wise choices for them now and help them make ones for themselves as they get older.

Spelling words aside, I guess if we are the Facebook Generation, my kids might be part of the Wii Generation. But who knows, one of her challenge words this week is “tweet.” I had no idea twitter was part of the first grade curriculum.

Oh…they’re talking about birds….