Nintendo DS's & Downtime

Each day the kids were given some quiet time to relax, be "alone" in their own little world and play their games. 

All the older kids had their own DS, and we had a couple copies of Animal Crossing... so even though they were having "alone" zone-out time... often they would play together on their own systems the same game.

(Apprearantly they can play in the same 'world' at the same time with this game?) 

I don't love the DS's, but I must admit, in a houseful of 8 kids for 9 days... it really helped break up the "togetherness" and keep things fresh!

And it was quiet for a half hour or so...

I loved it!